Acta of the Synod of Dordt

Contributions by Johanna Roelevink Contributions by Janika Bischof Contributions by Fred van Lieburg Edited by Donald Sinnema Edited by Christian Moser Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis

Book cover: Acta of the Synod of Dordt

Extent: 648 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae (1618–1619) (ADSND)

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2014)

ISBN: 9783525550786

6.69 x 9.69 inches

Price: $344.00

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The goal of the edition project is to produce a critical edition of all the documents of the Synod of Dordrecht in their original languages (predominantly Latin, but some in Dutch, English, German and French) by an international team of institutions and scholars, mostly partners of Refo500. This critical edition will comprise nine volumes.


Volume 1 includes the original Acta Authentica of the synod, here published for the first time. Following the Acta Authentica, the corresponding acts, as first published in the Acta Synodi Nationalis … Dordrechti Habitae (Leiden, 1620), are reprinted; these published Acta were a significantly revised version, for stylistic and political purposes, of the original Acta Authentica. Also included are the Acta Contracta, a topical summary of the Acta Authentica, and the minutes of the meetings of the state delegates, who represented the Dutch government at the synod; neither of these has been previously published. This volume begins with a general introduction to the Synod of Dordt and its context, an introduction to the Acta Authentica, the published Acta and Acta Contracta, and an introduction to the role of the state delegates and the minutes of their meetings.Forthcoming volumes:Vol. II: Preliminaries to the Synod, ca. 1000 pp. The Pro-Acta Sessions Procedural Debates with the RemonstrantsVol. III: Deliberations after the Expulsion of the Remonstrants, ca. 975 pp. The Canons of Dordt and its FormationVol. IV: Remonstrant Doctrinal Documents, ca. 1000 pp.Vol. V: The Judgments of the Nineteen Delegations on the Five Remonstrant Articles, ca. 850 pp.Vol. VI: Other Discipline Cases, ca. 900 pp. The Post-Acta Sessions Immediate Aftermath of the SynodVol. VII: Remonstrant Reports on the Synod, ca. 1100 pp.Vol. VIII: Journals and Reports of Foreign Delegates on the Synod, ca. 990 pp.Vol. IX: Journals and Reports of Dutch Delegates on the Synod, ca. 800 pp. Contemporary Letters about the Synod

Christian Moser, Ph. D., is Assistant at the Institut fur Schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte, University of Zurich. Dr. theol. Herman J. Selderhuis is Professor of Church History, Director of Refo500, and scientific Curator of the Johannes a Lasco Library. Donald Sinnema, Ph. D., is Professor of Theology at Trinity Christian College, Illinois.

  • Contributions by Johanna Roelevink
  • Contributions by Janika Bischof
  • Contributions by Fred van Lieburg
  • Edited by Donald Sinnema
  • Edited by Christian Moser
  • Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis