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Abraham Kuyper: An Annotated Bibliography 1857-2010 by Tjitze Kuipers (2011)

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1912

[Letter to the editor.]
In: De Nederlander 19 (1912), no. 5734, June 24, 1912.
[not dated].

First of the four letters part of a polemical exchange between Kuyper and ds. F. van Gheel Gildemeester (1855-1929). Printed under the heading “Benoeming-Dr. Noordtzij” [Appointment -Dr. Noordtzij].
Van Gheel Gildemeester opposed the appointment of the reformed theologian A. Noordtzij as professor to the theological faculty of Utrecht. Some figures of the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, such as Van Gheel Gildemeester, were worried about the reformed background of Noordtzij, fearing that he would undermine the unity of the church. Van Gheel Gildemeester supported his fears by referring to words the reformed leader Kuyper had written in the past. According to Van Gheel Gildemeester, writing to De Nederlander, Kuyper had literally cursed the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk in one of his writings in De Heraut, for which he could face criminal charges. Van Gheel Gildemeester stated that Kuyper had said that the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk “driewerf en nog eens driewerf van den Heere der heirscharen is vervloekt!” [thrice and again trice has been cursed by the Lord of hosts].
In this first letter to De Nederlander Kuyper asked Van Gheel Gildemeester to state where he had found these words and why he himself could be persecuted for it.