RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 van Veen, Mirjam G.K.YR 2004 T1 ‘De aert van Spaensche Inquisitie’ Coornherts opvattingen over de verhouding tussen kerk en staat JF NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, VO 58 IS 1 SP 61 OP 76 DO https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT2004.1.005.VEEN PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 2590-3268, AB Abstract In recent publications the Dutchman Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) is honoured as the forerunner of religious tolerance and of the modern idea of the separation of church and state. This picture is one-sided and therefore mistaken. Coornhert feared the influence of the Dutch reformed church and was convinced that this church aimed at a new inquisition. Moved by this fear he urged the city-magistrates to set bounds to the reformed influence. In his view the only way to avoid a new tyranny was the establishment of a national church ruled by the magistrates. Coornhert was not an advocate of a separation between the church and the state; he was a clear exponent of erastianism., UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT2004.1.005.VEEN