Daniel Gerdes Explained

Daniel Gerdes (Latin: Gerdesius) (19 April 1698, Bremen – 11 February 1765) was a German Calvinist theologian and historian. He became professor at the University of Duisburg in 1726,^[1] and at the University of Groningen in 1736.^[2]

While broadly supporting Protestant freedom of conscience, Gerdes drew a line in his attacks on the Mennonite minister Johannes Stinstra. In that case Gerdes used the views of Samuel Werenfels, tolerant and well thought of by Benjamin Hoadley, to condemn Stinstra.^[3]

Works

• Historia Reformatis (4 vols., 1744–52)^[4]
• Scrinium Antiquarium (4 vols., 1749–65)^[4]
• Specimen Italiae Reformatae (1765)

External links

• WorldCat page
• CERL page

Notes and References

1. [:de:s:ADB:Gerdes, Daniel]
2. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/G474.html GAMEO page.
3. Book: Wim Janse. Barbara Pitkin. The Formation of Clerical and Confessional Identities in Early Modern Europe. 9 September 2012. 2006. BRILL. 978-90-04-14909-0. 540.
4. Book: John Scott. John Scott (1777–1834). Joseph Milner. Joseph Milner (priest). Rev. Isaac Milner. The History of the Church of Christ: Comprising the sequel of the Lutheran reformation, and the earlier period of the Reformation in Switzerland. 9 October 2012. 1829. R.B. Seely and W. Burnside. 13.