Reformed Orthodoxy and the Libertas philosophandi in the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21198386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henri Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 187-202 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History and Religious Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-241X • E-ISSN: 1871-2428 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18712428-10002005 |
| OpenAlex | W3124780776 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Reformed lands within seventeenth-century Europe, universities were granted the ‘liberty to philosophise.’ Yet what did this mean in practice? In the first part of this paper, the notion of ‘orthodoxy’ will be outlined, and it will be explained how, according to Gisbertus Voetius, ‘Christian Freedom’ and the ‘ Libertas philosophandi ’ might go together. Orthodoxy, however, implied a clearly defined confession as well, circumscribing true faith. As a result, ‘academic freedom,’ though real in some ways, was necessarily limited. In the second part of this paper, the examples of Antonius Walaeus and Abraham Heidanus will show how both the new and the old philosophy might be presented as being consistent with orthodoxy in seventeenth-century Holland
Church History · Confessional · Faith · Orthodoxy · Political science · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |