See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON See also:

• SIMON EPISCOPIUS (1583–1643)

EPISCOPIUS (1583–1643)  , the Latin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the name of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon Bischop, Dutch theologian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Amster-See also:

• DAM

dam on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1583 . In 1600 he entered the university of See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, where he studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology under Jacobus See also:

• ARMINIUS
• ARMINIUS, JACOBUS (1560-1609)

Arminius, whose teaching he followed . In 1610, the See also:

• YEAR

year in which the Arminians presented the famous Remonstrance to the states of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, he became pastor at Bleyswick, a small See also:

• VILLAGE

village near See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam; in the following year he advocated the cause of the See also:

• REMONSTRANTS

Remonstrants (q.v.) at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference . In 1612 he succeeded See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• GOMARUS, FRANZ (1563-1641)

Gomarus as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of theology at Leiden, an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment which awakened the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter enmity of the Calvinists, and, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent by it to the spread of Arminian opinions, was doubtless an ultimate cause of the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort in 1618 . See also:

• EPISCOPIUS, SIMON (1583–1643)

Episcopius was chosen as the spokesman of the thirteen representatives of the Remonstrants before the synod; but he was refused a See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing, and the Remonstrant doctrines were condemned without any explanation or See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of them being permitted . At the end of the synod's sittings in 1619, Episcopius and the other twelve Arminian representatives were deprived of their offices and expelled from the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (see DORT, SYNOD OF) . Episcopius retired to See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp and ultimately to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where he lived partly at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, partly at See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen . He devoted most of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to writings in support of the Arminian cause; but the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke See also:

• WAD

Wad-ding (1588–1657) to win him over to the Romish faith involved him also in a controversy with that famous Jesuit . After the See also:

• DEATH

death (1625) of See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, the violence of the Arminian controversy began to abate, and Episcopius was permitted in 1626 to return to his own country . He was appointed preacher at the Remonstrant See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in Rotterdam and afterwards See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the Remonstrant See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam . Here he died in 1643 . Episcopius may be regarded as in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part the theological founder of Arminianism, since he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed and systematized the principles tentatively enunciated by Arminius .

Besides opposing at all points the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar doctrines of Calvinism, Episcopius protested against the tendency of Calvinists to See also:

• LAY

lay so much stress on abstract See also:

• DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma, and argued that See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity was See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical rather than theoretical—not so much a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of intellectual belief as a moral See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power—and that an orthodox faith did not necessarily imply the knowledge of and assent to a system of See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine which included the whole range of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian truth, but only the knowledge and See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of so much of Christianity as was necessary to effect a real See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change on the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart and See also:

• LIFE

life . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works of Episcopius are his Confessio s. declaratio sentenliae pastorum gui in foederato Belgio Remonsirantes vocantur super praecipuis articuiis religionis Christianae (1621), his Apologia firms See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession (1629), his Verus theologus remonstrans, and his uncompleted See also:

• WORK

work Institutiones theologicae . A life of Episcopiuswas written by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• LIMBORCH, PHILIPP VAN (1633-1712)

Limborch, and one was also prefixed by his successor, See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne de Courcelles (Curcellaeus) (1586-1659), to an edition of his collected works published in 2 vols . (1650-1665) . See also See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie .