Synod of Dort

The Synod of Dort was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618/19, by the Dutch Reformed Church, in order to settle a serious controversy in the Dutch churches initiated by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting was on 13 November, 1618, and the final meeting, the 154th, was on 9 May, 1619. Voting representatives from the Reformed churches in eight foreign countries were also invited. Dort was a contemporary colloquial English term for the town of Dordrecht. The Synod is often also referred to as Synod of Dordt, or Synod of Dordrecht.

Foreign Representives

• From England: George Carleton (1559-1628), Joseph Hall (1574-1657), Thomas Goad (1576-1638), John Davenant (1576-1641), Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626).
• From Scotland: Walter Balcanqual 1586-1645), Samuël Ward died in 1643), Guiliemus Amesius (1576-1633)
• From Heidelberg: Abraham Scultetus (1566-1624), Paul Tossanus (1572-1634), Hendrik Alting (1583-1644)
• From Hessen: Georg Cruciger (1575-1637), Paul Stein (1585-1643), Rudolphus Gloclenius (1547-1628), Daniel Anglocrator (1569-1635).
• From Switzerland: Johann Jakob Breitinger (1575-1645), Wolfgang Mayer (1577-1653), Sebastian Beck (1583-1654), Mark Rütimeyer (1580-1647), Hans Conrad Koch (1564-1643).
• From Geneva: Jean Diodati (1576-1649), Theodore Trochin (1582-1657)
• From Bremen: Ludwig Crocius (1586-1653), Matthiuas Martinius (1572-1630), Heinrich Isselburg (1577-1628).
• From Nassau-Wetteravië: Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638), John Bisterfeld (died in 1619), Georg Fabricius
• From Emden: Ritzius Lucas Grimersheim (1568-1631), Daniël Bernard Eilshemius (1555-1622).
• From France: None because the French government prohibited their attendance. A set of empty chairs was set up in the assembly in honor of the absent French Huguenots.