Johannes Arnoldi Corvinus born Joannes Arnoldsz Ravens (c.1582,

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– 2 January 1650,

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) was a Dutch Remonstrant minister and jurist.

Life

He was born in

, and in 1606 was a

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preacher there. A pupil of

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(editor), ''The Idea of Europe: from antiquity to the European Union'', Volume 13 (2002), p. 105
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he took up the

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views, he was a public supporter of them by 1609, and in 1610 signed the

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. Subsequently, as a consequence of the

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, he lost his church office in 1619. He left the country, being abroad until 1630. Studying law, he then had a career as advocate in

. In 1629 he converted to Roman Catholicism.

Works

;Theological writings *''Christelicke ende ernstighe vermaninghe tot vrede aen R. Donteclock'' (1609), against Reinier Donteclock *''Teghen-bericht jeghens D. Francisci Gomari'' (1610), against

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*''Responsio ad Bogermanni adnotationes, pro Grotio'' (1613), reply to

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*''Censura anatomes Arminianismi etc.'' (1614), against

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*''Petri Molinaei novi anatomici mala encheiresis'' (1622). Reply to Du Moulin's ''Anatome Arminianismi'' (1619). This work follows

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on the

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, suggesting they are divine positive law, rather than the law of nature. Corvinus Justitia Romana

;Legal writings Corvinus had been quite close to Grotius, in the 1610s, and from around 1632 taught the law. With Gerard de Wassenaer and

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he was one of a group of legal writers with Remonstrant sympathies who commented on

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; Corvinus did this in an edition of the ''De arcanis rerumpublicarum'' of Arnoldus Clapmarius (1641). Other works were: *''Posthumus Pacianus'' (1643) on

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*''Jurisprudentia romana'' (1644) *''Conclusiones de ivre pvblico'' (1644) with Arnoldus Clapmarius,

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, and Franciscus Rosellus *''Enchiridium seu institutiones imperiales'' (1649) *''Jus canonicum per aphorismos strictim explicatum'' (1648)

Family

His son Arendt became a professor of law at

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