Franciscus Gomarus

Franciscus Gomarus, born January 30, 1563 in Bruges, died 1641, was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and opponent of the teaching of James Arminius (and his followers) which was formally judged at the Synod of Dordrecht (1618-1619).

Life

His parents, having embraced the principles of the Reformation, emigrated to the Palatinate in 1578, in order to enjoy freedom to profess their new faith, and they sent their son to be educated at Strasbourg under Johann Sturm. He remained there three years, and then went in 1580 to Neustadt, whither the professors of Heidelberg had been driven by the elector-palatine because they were not Lutherans. Here his teachers in theology were Zacharius Ursinus (1534-1583), Hieronymus Zanchius (1560- 1590), and Daniel Tossanus (1541-1602). Crossing to England towards the end of 1582, he attended the lectures of John Rainolds (1549-1607) at Oxford, and those of William Whitaker (1548-1595) at Cambridge. He graduated at Cambridge in 1584, and then went to Heidelberg, where the faculty had been by this time re-established. He was pastor of a Dutch Reformed Church in Frankfort from 1587 till 1593, when the congregation was dispersed by persecution. In 1594 he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Leiden, and before going there received from the university of Heidelberg the degree of doctor.

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Reformation - Palatinate - 1578 - Strasbourg - Johann Sturm - 1580 - Neustadt - Heidelberg - Lutheran - Zacharius Ursinus - 1534 - 1583 - Hieronymus Zanchius - 1560 - 1590 - Daniel Tossanus - 1541 - 1602 - England - 1582 - John Rainolds - 1549 - 1607 - Oxford - William Whitaker - 1548 - 1595 - Cambridge - 1584 - Faculty - Pastor - Dutch Reformed Church - Frankfort - 1587 - 1593 - Persecution - 1594 - Professor - Theology - University of Leiden - Degree of doctor

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