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Account of the Cape p. 330. Gr f�gt hin5u: "(R)iefe Slt�dfichten auf einen gro�en 5zeil unfere� @ebiete� fmb, abgefehen von allen anberen @rwagungen, gewi� hinreichenb, ein Unternehmen zur 23efe�ung be? S?ap= Ianhes 3u rechtfertigen. P. 394.
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Abraham Kuijper, generally known as Abraham Kuyper, was a Dutch politician, journalist, statesman and theologian. He founded the Anti-Revolutionary Party and was prime minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905.
In May 1862 he was declared eligible for the ministry and 1863 he accepted a call to become minister for the Dutch Reformed Church for the town of Beesd. Around 1866 he began to sympathize with the orthodox tendency within the Dutch Reformed Church. He was inspired by the simple reformed faith of Pietje Balthus, a farmer's wife. He began to oppose the centralization in the church, the role of the King and began to plead for the separation of church and state.
In North America, Kuyper's political and theological views have had a significant impact, especially in the Reformed community. He is considered the father of Dutch Neo-Calvinism and had considerable influence on the thought of philosopher Herman Dooyeweer
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