Struggles within the Dutch Reformation


Martin Luther and his Theses

John Calvin

Arminius, Leader of the Remonstrants

Franciscus Gomarus, Leader of the Counter-Remonstrants

Synod of Dordt, That Condemned Arminius and the Remonstrants



Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Prominent Statesman and Remonstrant, Illegally Executed by the Counter-Remonstrants

Quakers, a Radical Sect


Socinians, Radical Sect that Denied the Divinity of Christ

Anabaptists, Another Radical Sect


Mennonites, An Anabaptist Sect

Execution of Mennonites, David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, by Catholic authorities in Ghent in 1554

The Meeting Place of the Collegiants, Also Radicals, at
Rijnsburg
Spinoza Sometimes Attended these Meetings