Jan Hendrik Maronier (Rotterdam, June 16, 1827 – Renkum, November 29, 1920) was a Dutch pastor and writer.
Personal life
Maronier was born in
Rotterdam
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in 1827 as the son of the accountant Jan Hendrikszoon Maronier and Susanna Maria van Lil. He married Aletta Nijhoff, daughter of the bookseller, publisher and historian Isaac Anne Nijhoff and of Martina Cornelia Houtkamp, on 20 July 1853 in
Arnhem.
[His father-in-law Isaac Anne Nijhoff was not only a bookseller and publisher, but also an author and historian. He wrote a six-volume work on the history of Gelderland (the first five volumes appeared in the period 1830 to 1851, the sixth volume appeared posthumously in 1875). from ''Gedenkwaardigheden uit de Geschiedenis van Gelderland door onuitgegevene oorkonden opgehelderd en bevestigd''.] He died in November 1920 at the age of 93 in
Renkum. His son, Jan Hendrik was curator of the
.
Education and career
He studied theology and successively became a
Remonstrant
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minister
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* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
* Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department)
** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
in
Zevenhuizen and
Bleiswijk
Bleiswijk () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Demographics
The municipality had a population of 10,222 in 2006, and covered an area of 21.96 km² (8.48 mile²) of which 0.83&nb ...
(1851), in
Leiden
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(1853), in
Utrecht
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(1869) and from 1881 to 1893 in his birthplace
Rotterdam
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. He has published many religious works. His ''Inrichting der christelijke gemeenten''
'Organization of the Christian Congregations''was awarded in 1874 by the
Teylers Eerste Genootschap
Teylers Eerste Genootschap (English: ''Teyler's First Society''), also known as the Godgeleerd Genootschap (''Theological Society'') is one of the societies founded within the Teylers Stichting as a result of the will of the Dutch 18th-century me ...
(Theological Society). In 1892 he wrote an introduction to ''De
Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters (1816–1832) volgens de gedenkschriften van Maria Leer''.
'Zwijndrecht New Lighters (1816–1832) according to the memoirs of Maria Leer'' written by the 91-year-old writer
Louise Sophie Blussé
Louise Sophie Blussé (pen name, D.N. Anagrapheus; 12 January 1801 – 1 April 1896) was a Dutch writer.
Born in Leiden in 1801, Blussé was the daughter of Abraham Blussé and Jeanne Petronella Maizonnet. Her father was an editor and school insp ...
, under the pseudonym D.N. Anagrapheus. She recorded the memoirs of one of the leaders of this sect,
Maria Leer
Maria Leer (June 20, 1788 – July 3, 1866) was a prophetess and Dutch religious figure, one of the leaders of the '' Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters'' ( Zwijndrecht New Lighters), a religious community with communist features which opposed social conv ...
. His ''Geschiedenis van het protestantisme''
'History of Protestantism''was crowned in 1897 by the "Haagsche Genootschap tot verdediging van den Christelijke godsdienst"
ague Society in defense of the Christian religion In 1905 he wrote an extensive biography of the
Arminian
Arminianism is a branch of Protestantism based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the ''Re ...
theologian
Jacobus Arminius.
Works
* ''De eerste Brief van den apostel Joannes'', Isaac Anne Nijhoff en zoon, Arnhem, 1855
* ''De oudejaarsavond, eene roepstem ter voorbereiding tot sterven'', Nijhoff, Den Haag, 1856
* ''De oudste geloofsbelijdenis'', 1859
* ''De inrichting der christelijke gemeenten, vóór het ontstaan der Katholieke kerk'', Bohn, Haarlem, 1874
* ''Het kerstfeest'', Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag, 1875
* ''Wat willen de Remonstranten?'', Van Hinloopen Labberton, Doeburg, 1877
* ''Korte geschiedenis van het godsdienst-onderwijs in de christelijke kerk'', drie delen, J. Muusses, Purmerend, 1881–1883
* ''Het inwendig woord'', Van Holkema, Amsterdam, 1890
* ''Het paaschfeest'', Gouda Quint, Arnhem, 1894
* ''Het pinksterfeest'', Gouda Quint, Arnhem, 1894
* ''Geschiedenis van het Protestantisme van den Munsterschen vrede tot de Fransche revolutie 1648–1789'', Brill, Leiden, 1897 (een nalezing verscheen in 1901)
* ''De orde der jezuieten, hare geschiedenis, inrichting en moraal'', Boekhandel en Drukkerij voorheen Brill, Leiden, 1e druk 1899, 2e druk 1908
* ''Jacobus Arminius'', Rogge, Amsterdam, 1905
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1827 births
1920 deaths
19th-century Dutch writers
19th-century Protestant religious leaders
Arminian ministers
Arminian writers
Clergy from Rotterdam
Remonstrants
Dutch Protestant theologians