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A revised and updated version of
Abraham Kuyper: An Annotated Bibliography 1857-2010 by Tjitze Kuipers (2011)

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1894

1894.02
[Contributions.]
In: Acta der Generale Synode van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, gehouden te Dordrecht in den jare 1893.
Amsterdam, J.A. Wormser 1893 [= 1894], pp. 71–72, 94, 125, 151, 212.
Published: March 1894.

The Synod of Dordrecht (August 29–September 15, 1893), which was the second synod of the unified Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (see 1892.18), had to deal with numerous practical issues that arose from the unification of the Dutch Reformed and the Christian Reformed churches. Kuyper was involved both as an advisor and as a deputy to the synod in establishing policies for, among other things, pastoral training (both at the Theologische School in Kampen and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam), missionary activity, the publication of the joint church newsletter, and relations with those who had not joined in the unification.

Kuyper’s contributions are as follows:

Art. 48: Address (in English) to the Rev. Morton, delegate of the Reformed Churches in Scotland (pp. 71–72).
Art. 76: Clarification regarding the proviso put forward in response to the discussion of the draft regulations for pastoral training submitted by a committee of which Kuyper was a member (p. 94).
Art. 109: Proposal to give the mission deputies the mandate to accept definitively and without additional stipulations the mission field in Java, where the Dutch Reformed Missions League had been working since 1861. The proposal was accepted with a few amendments (p. 125).
Art. 132: Statement in which Kuyper declares himself in agreement with a new proposal regarding pastoral training, indicating that he now considers the draft submitted by his committee of deputies not yet to be in the best interest of the churches (p. 151).
Art. 223: Draft guidelines submitted at the request of the synod for use by the deputies who had been charged both with bringing back those who had withdrawn themselves from communion because of opposition to the unification of 1892 and with preventing additional division. The guidelines were enacted with a few amendments (p. 212).