DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 - Volume 47, Issue 100, 2024

Abstract DNK and the historiography of international influences of and on Dutch churches In a programmatic article in the first issue of the ‘Documentation Journal for Dutch Church History of the Nineteenth Century’, one of the themes mentioned to be addressed in this journal was the ecclesiastical influence of the Netherlands on foreign countries. Using the five aspects of this influence that were mentioned, contributio Read More

Abstract DNK and the Vatican In the hundred issues of DNK several articles paid attention to the possibilities which the Vatican archives hold for the historiography of Dutch Catholicism. Several lists of relevant Vatican sources appeared, and several articles showed a new, although not shocking new, interpretation of specific historical events. This contribution offers an overview and evaluation of these DNK-articles.

Abstract Jasper Vree and DNK Jasper Vree was a prominent member in DNK, whose contributions stress the importance of precision based on knowledge of both the general backgrounds of the subject-matter, the way this is being discussed, and the primary sources. In the opinion of Vree, the work of the church historian is also a way of paying respect to inspiring figures of the past, figures that set examples of thinking and Read More

Abstract No infallible Dordt Church Order of 1619: George Frans Gezelle Meerburg and the church order struggle after the 1834 Secession This article tries to find an answer to the question why George F. Gezelle Meerburg (1806-1855) took an independent position in the church orderly developments of the Secession (Afscheiding) of 1834. He was pastor in the Province of Noord-Brabant and the Seceders in this province Read More