Nicolaas Christiaan Kist

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Nicolaas Christiaan Kist

Nicolaas Christiaan Kist (born April 11, 1793 in Zaltbommel , † December 21, 1859 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian.

Life

The son of pastor Joost Gerard Kist (born August 12, 1756 in Woerden; † January 25, 1815 in Zaltbommel) and Syburgh Henrika Royaards (born August 6, 1758 in Zaltbommel; † November 2, 1829), had the Latin school in his hometown visited. He then studied at the University of Utrecht , where he matriculated on February 15, 1811. Here Jean Henri Pareau , Cornelis Willem de Rhoer , Jodocus Heringa Eliza's zoon , Philipp Wilhelm van Heusde and his uncle Hermann Royaards became his formative teachers. In 1815 he took part in a company of volunteer hunters in the liberation of his fatherland against Napoleon. He returned to Utrecht on October 12, 1815, became a candidate for literature on June 11, 1816 and a candidate for theology on June 13, 1817. In Utrecht he received his doctorate in theology on March 13, 1818 with the treatise De commutatione quam Constantino Magno auctore societas subiit christiana (Utrecht 1818).

On September 13, 1818 he became pastor in Zoelen . On May 2, 1823, he was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Leiden, with a teaching position for church history and the history of Christian teachings. After he said goodbye to his community in Zoelen on October 26, 1823, he began his teaching post in Leiden on October 11, 1823 with the speech De progressione ingenii humani in dogmatum historia Christianorum animadvertenda . On September 22, 1827, he was also an academy preacher in Leiden. On June 13, 1829 he was appointed full professor of theology in Leiden, which extended task he took over on December 15, 1829 with the speech De Ecclesia Graeca, Divinae Providentiae teste . Kist also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1836/37 and in 1851/52 .

His work moved primarily in the field of church history and reflected biographies of deceased intellectual greats in the Netherlands. Above all, he worked on the multi-volume work of the Archive for Dutch Church History (Leiden 1841–1849, 9th vol.), The New Archive for Church History of the Netherlands (Leiden 1852, 54, 2nd vol.) And the Church History Archive (Amsterdam 1857 –1859) is to be emphasized. His publications were included, for example, in the publications of Teyler's society in Haarlem, the Dordrecht journal Neue Werke der Literatur (Dutch: Nieuwe Werken van Letterkunde), in the journal for general commemorative and coinage (Dutch: Tijdschrift voor algemeene Munt- en Penningkunde ) and other journals, as well as specialist journals of his time.

He was also a member of some learned societies of his time. Here is above all his membership in the Dutch Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam, his membership in the provincial Utrecht Society, the Zeeland Society, the Historical Theological Society in Leipzig, the associations of history and antiquities in Thuringia and Westphalia, his corresponding membership in the Batavian Society of Sciences, to lead his vice-chairmanship in the Hague Society for the Defense of the Christian Religion and his chairmanship in the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden (member November 5, 1824). He was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion by King Wilhelm II of the Netherlands .

family

On October 10, 1821, he married Catharina Wilhelmina Dijckmeester (* March 4, 1800 in Tiel; † August 9, 1861 in Leiden) in Tiel, the daughter of Herman Jacob Dijckmeester (* February 1, 1771 in Tiel; † June 16 1850 ibid) and his wife Anna Elsabé van Omphal (born April 24, 1778 in Tiel; † May 10, 1826 in Tiel). The marriage resulted in ten children, two of whom died early and eight children survived their father. You know the children:

  • Joost Gerard Kist (born October 29, 1822 in Zoelen, † June 29, 1897 in The Hague) canton judge and member of the municipal council in Dordrecht, 1874 knight of the Order of Dutch Lions, 1876 curator of Leiden University, married. August 12, 1852 in Dordrecht with Henriëtte Albertine van der Sande (born June 25, 1831 in Dordrecht, † January 29, 1901 in The Hague)
  • Anna Elsabé Kist (born June 26, 1825 in Leiden † May 17, 1884 in Paramaribo) married. August 21, 1856 in Leiden with the pastor in Monnickendam and from 1877 in Paramaribo, Frans Cornelis Arnold, Hoogvliet (born March 14, 1828 in Zaltbommel; † August 27, 1887 in Paramaribo)
  • Syburgh (Sybrecht) Henrica Kist (born August 12, 1827 in Leiden † January 20, 1893 ibid)
  • Hermina Jacoba Kist (born March 25, 1830 in Leiden, † September 21, 1898 in The Hague)
  • Ewaldus Kist (born May 28, 1832 in Leiden; † May 24, 1833 ibid) student of theology in Leiden
  • Dr. Anthonie Kist (born March 2, 1834 in Leiden, † March 10, 1879 in Soemadang), lecturer at the grammar school in Deventer assistant-resident van Tjitjalenk
  • Herman Jacob Kist (born December 25, 1836 in Leiden; † June 2, 1912 there) lawyer in Leiden
  • Ewald Kist (born February 24, 1839 in Leiden; † March 12, 1898 in Leiden) 1867 Dr. jur., March 1872 community secretary in Leiden
  • Christiaan Willem Kist (born June 23, 1842 in Leiden, † September 6, 1903 in The Hague) married. October 8, 1868 in Rotterdam with Gerardina Anna Wilhelmina Kist (born January 24, 1848 in Arnhem; † September 24, 1883 in Purwokerto / Java)

Works (selection)

  • Handelingen of the Zuid-Hollandsche Synod: relevant de zaak en empty of the Remonstranten van het Jaar 1619-1805. Leiden 1836 ( online )
  • Negotiating over de Christelijke Kerk op aarde, volgens het onderwijs van Jezus en de Apostelen, en de geschiedenis. In Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap. 1830, Leiden 1832 2nd vol., Translated into German by Ludwig Troß: The Christian Church on Earth according to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and history. Leipzig 1838 ( online )
  • De Kerkelijke Architectuur en de Doodendanse. Leiden 1844.
  • Een woord van NC Kist aan JH Wensing, the subject is written over de Pausin Joanna. Leiden 1845 ( online )
  • Neerlands bededagen en biddagsbrieven. Leiden 1848 ( online )
  • Nagelatene void by Pieter van der Willigen, voorafgegaan van een Levensberigt. 1849 ( online )
  • Woorden bij het Graf van Joan Frederik van Oordt JWz. Leiden 1852 ( online )
  • Oratio de religionis christianae Indole Practica. Leiden 1853 ( online )
  • Orationes, quae ecclesiae eeique christianae spectant historiam, quatuor. Leiden 1853 ( online )
  • Het necrologium en het tynsboek van het adelijk jufferen-stift te Hoog-Elten. Leiden 1853 ( online )
  • Petrus Bloccius: Eene bijdrage tot de inside divorced is the nederlandsche Kerkhervorming. 1854 ( online )
  • De Heer heeft meer dan dit om u te geven: void over II Chron. XXV: 9b. Leiden 1855 ( online )
  • Fragment eener Oud-Nederduitsche vertaling of the Psalms. 1855 ( online )
  • Kritiek en literatuur van de geschiedenis der Waldenzen. 1857 ( online )
  • De vrije wil op de Mensch een redelijk en zedelijk vrijwerkend wezen. Leiden 1859 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Kist, Nicolaas Christiaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Zaltbommel
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1859
Place of death Suffer