March 17th-Early 18th Century A.D. The Dutch Second Reformation (“Nadere Reformatie”)
March 17 th -Early 18 th Century A.D. The Dutch Second Reformation (“Nadere Reformatie”) Beeke, Joel. “The Dutch Second Reformation.” The Christian’s Reasonable Service. 6 Nov 2009. http://www.abrakel.com/2009/11/dutch-second-reformation-dr-joel-r_06.html . Accessed 19 Feb 2015. The Dutch Second Reformation (“Nadere Reformatie”) by Dr. Joel R. Beeke The Dutch Reformation proper may be divided into four periods: the Lutheran period (1517-26), the Sacramentarian phase (1526-31), the Anabaptist movement (1531-45), and the most influential—the Calvinist infiltration. From the outset of the Calvinist penetration into the Netherlands (southern Netherlands, c. 1545; northern, c. 1560), the movement showed greater strength than its persistent numerical inferiority might suggest. Nevertheless, the buds of Dutch Calvinism did not flower profusely until the seventeenth century, initiated by the Synod of Dort in particular (1618-19), and intensified by the Dutch Second Reform...