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J. R. de Witt
Dr. John R. De Witt was a minister of the gospel for over 50 years. He received his B.D. from Western Theological Seminary and an honorary degree of D.D. from Rhodes College. He was professor of church history and systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, from 1975-1982, and has served congregations in Paterson (New Jersey), London, Kingstree (South Carolina), Memphis (Tennessee) – where he was senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church for 10 years – and Grand Rapids (Michigan). He also pastored First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. In 2009 he was the moderator of the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Dr. De Witt is the author of Jus Divinum (an account of the Westminster Assembly), Amazing Love (on the parable of the prodigal son), and the booklet What is the Reformed Faith?, the latter two published by the Trust, of which he was formerly a Trustee. He also prepared Truth’s Victory Over Error for publication. His wife of forty-one years, Jane Epps de Witt, passed away in February 2012. Dr. De
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Johan de Witt
Dutch statesman (1625–1672)
Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the Dutch a leading trading and seafaring power in Europe, commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff,[1] he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) of 1672.[2] This progressive cooperation between the two statesmen, and the consequent support of Amsterdam under the rule of De Graeff,[3] was an important political axis that organized the political system within the republic.[4]
As a leading republican of the Dutch States Party, De Witt opposed the House of Orange-Nassau and the Orangists and preferred a shift of power from the central government to the regenten. However, the Dutch Republic suffered numerous ear
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Johan de Witt
POLITICIAN
1625 - 1672
Johan de Witt
Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the Dutch a leading trading and seafaring power in Europe, commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) of 1672. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan de Witt has received more than 2,301,018 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan de Witt is the 1,837th most popular politician (down from 1,364th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 47th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Politician.
Johan de Witt is most famous for being a Dutch statesman who was assassinated in 1672.
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