Adam Pastor (d. 1560s) was born Roelof Martens or Martin, at

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, Westphalia, and was a Catholic priest at Aschendorf till 1533 when he joined the peaceful wing of the

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. At the Anabaptist conference in

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in 1547, at which

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was chairman, Pastor was censured for his

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views, and then in

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in 1552 he and Simons held a debate on the deity of Christ and the Trinity. Adam pastor

Works

* Disputation on the Trinity 1552''Underscheit tusschen rechte leer unde valsche leer der twistigen articulen'' published by Samuel Cramer in Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica V, 361-581 pp317-59

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pastor, Adam 1560s deaths Antitrinitarians Year of birth unknown