Christian Kruik van Adrichem, or Christianus Crucius Adrichomius, (February 13, 1533 – June 20, 1585) was a Catholic priest and theological writer.

Biography

Van Adrichem was born in

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. He was ordained in 1566, and was Director of the in Delft before being expelled by the storm of the Reformation. He died in Cologne. His works are: ''Vita Jesu Christi'' (Antwerp, 1578) and ''Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum'' (Cologne, 1590). This last work gives a description of

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, of the antiquities of Jerusalem, and a chronology from

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till the death of John the Apostle in 109.

Gallery from original 1590 edition of ''Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum''

Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Situs Terræ Promissionis SS bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Aser id est, portio illa Terræ Sanctæ, quæ Tribui Aser in divisione regionis attributa fuit.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Ephraim, Beniamin, et, Dan iste videlicet Terræ Sanctæ tractus, qui in regionis partitione istis tribus tribubus datus est.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Gad nempe, ea Terræ Sanctę pars, quæ obtigit in partitione regionis tribui Gad.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Zabulon, Isachar, et Dimidia Manasse altera, hoc est, illæTerræ Sanctæ regiones, quas istę tribus in distribuendo possidendas acceperunt.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Iuda id est, pars illa Terræ Sanctæ, quam in ingressu Tribus Iuda consecuta fuit (left hand side).jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Iuda id est, pars illa Terræ Sanctæ, quam in ingressu Tribus Iuda consecuta fuit (right hand side).jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Dimidia Tribus Manasse hoc est, ea Terræ Sanctæ pars, quam Manassæ dimidia tribus in regionis divisione obtinuit.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Neptalim videlicet, ea Terræ Sanctæ pars, quam in divisione regionis tribus Naptalim accepit.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Simeon nempre ea Terræ Sanctæ portio, quam tribus Simeon in ingressu nacta fuit.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempre Christi floruit, cum locis, in quibus Christ passus est quæ religiose à Christianis observata, etiã nũ Venerationi habentur.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Tribus Ruben goc est, ea Terræ Sanctæ regio, quę in dividendo tribui Rubẽ assignata est.jpg Christian van Adrichem 1590 map Pharan deserturm, et consinia eius cum parte Ægypti ea videlicet terræ regio, in qua filii Israël post exitum de Ægypto, triginta octo annis vagati sunt antequam terram promissam ingrederentur.jpg

References

16th-century Dutch Roman Catholic theologians 1533 births 1585 deaths 16th-century Dutch Roman Catholic priests People from Delft {{christian-theologian-stub