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Johannes Polyander

Dutch theologian (1568–1646)

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birth_name	Johannes Polyander van den Kerckhoven
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birth_place	Metz, Kingdom of France
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death_place	Leiden, Spanish Netherlands

Johannes Polyander van den Kerckhoven (28 March 1568, in Metz – 4 February 1646, in Leiden) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, a Contra-Remonstrant but considered of moderate views.

Life

He was born in Metz, France. His father was from Ghent, but had gone into exile in Lorraine where he was a Protestant pastor. The family then moved to Heidelberg. He studied at Heidelberg under Franciscus Junius, graduating M.A. in 1589; and then for a doctorate in Geneva in 1590, under Theodore Beza.

He became French preacher at Dordrecht in 1591, and later succeeded Franz Gomarus as professor of theology at the University of Leiden, where he taught from 1611. Polyander was considered a conciliatory figure, in the aftermath of the affairs at Leiden of Jacobus Arminius and Conrad Vorstius.

His epitaph is displayed in the Pieterskerk, Leiden.

Family

His son was Johan Polyander, lord of Heenvliet. He was a Dutch diplomat. He married Katherine Wotton, Countess of Chesterfield. She was the widow of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope.

Works

He was invited by the States of Holland to revise the Dutch translation of the Bible (the Statenvertaling), and it was he who edited the canons of the synod of Dort (1618–1619). His published works include:

Responsio ad sophismata A. Cocheletii doctoris surbonnistae (1610), against the Carmelite Anastasius Cochelet, an opponent of Justus Lipsius;
Dispute contre l'adoration des reliques des Saints trespasses (1611);
Explicatio somae prophetae (1625).

References

{{Cite ADB. 15. 627. 628. Kerkhoven, Johann Polyander à. Jacob Cornelis van Slee. ADB:Kerkhoven, Johann Polyander à
[[Gustave Cohen]], ''Écrivains français en Hollande dans la premiere moitié du 17e siecle'' (1920), pp. 222–3; [https://archive.org/stream/crivainsfran00coheuoft#page/222/mode/2up archive.org].
"The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Johannes Polyander van Kerckhoven". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.
{{cite EB1911
C. C. Barfoot and Richard Todd, ''The Great Emporium: the Low Countries as a cultural crossroads in the Renaissance and the eighteenth century'' (1992), p. 90; [https://books.google.com/books?id=_PxsS-3D5Y0C&dq=Gomarus+Polyander&pg=PA90 Google Books].
"Johannes Polyander van Kerckhoven (1568-1646) - Pieterskerk Leiden".
Henk F. K. van Nierop, ''The Nobility of Holland: from knights to regents, 1500-1650'' (1993), p. 15; [https://books.google.com/books?id=r0YVMbmbnk4C&dq=Heenvliet+Polyander&pg=PA15 Google Books].
{{cite DNB
Wolfgang Neuber, ''Cognition and the Book: typologies of formal organisation of knowledge in the printed book of the early modern period'' (2005), p. 85; [https://books.google.com/books?id=DxWUCtuXAlQC&dq=Cochelet+Lipsius&pg=PA85 Google Books].

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