450 year Anniversary Dutch Profession of Faith, Symposium November 1, Kampen

08-09-2011

The TUK organized this symposium, sharing with the Refo500 commemoration, also with the Theological University of Apeldoorn (TUA) and the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven (ETF). The morning program features two main lectures: Patrick Nullens (Professor of Systematic Theology at ETF) will speak on the importance of NGB today. Arie Baars (Professor of Dogmatic History at the TUA) will comment on the talks from the NGB regarding God as three in one. After this lecture there will be a presentation on the reissuing of the commentary of J. Koopman on NGB from 1939.

Afterwards, four similar sessions will be held:

• Arnold Huijen (Pastor and teacher of symbolism and dogmatic from TUA): Why Infallible? De Brès on Scripture;
• Frank van der Pol (Professor of Church History from TUK): The Early Reception of the Belgic Confessions in the Norther Netherlands;
• Andreas Beck (Professor of Church History from ETS):The NGB in the Light of the Theology of Reformed Orthodoxy;
  
• Niels den Hertog (Currently working on a thesis on J. Koopmans) will offer a workshop based on the book by J. Koopmans.

In the afternoon Barend Kamphuis (Professor of Systematic Theology at TUK) will speak on the Christology of the NGB. This will be followed by a lecture from Erik de Boer (Professor of Reformation History at the Vrije Universiteit and teacher of church and dogmatic history at TUK). The title of his lecture is: Master in the Martial arts. De Brès’ use of the fathers in ‘Le baston” and in the ‘Confession’. The afternoon program will conclude with an plenary discussion with the participation of all the speakers.

The symposium will begin at 10.00 and will conclude at 16:30. The lectures will be held in the auditorium at the Theological University of Kampen.

Registration
You may soon register on the TUK website.

Want to know more on Guido de Brès and the Dutch Profession of Faith?
In the spring of 2011, Erik de Boer and Emile Braekman released ‘Guido de Brès, his life and his work’. Read here for more information on the book.

Interview with Erik de Boer in the Reformatorisch Dagblad
Read more here on the interview with Erik de Boer in the Reformatorisch Dagblad following the release of ‘Guido de Brès, his life and his work’.

Photograph at the top of this article: Reformatorisch Dagblad.