BRILL, JAKOB. - Dutch false mystic, b. at Leiden on 21 Jan. 1639, d. there on 28 Jan. 1700. He adhered to various Protestant mystical currents, such as that of G. Voetius and J. Cocceius, only to end in a mystical pantheism under the influence of Pontiaan van Hattem.
Of his writings, in which he insists especially on personal religious experience and inner freedom, we mention: De Weg des Vreedes; De Ware en valsche kennis van Jezus Kristus; De gronden van een goed leven. They were all published in one large volume at Amsterdam in 1705. In his doctrine he prefers individual inner inspiration to written revelation, the Christ whom one feels within oneself to the historical Christ of the Gospels.
Bibliography2 worksJ. van Leeuwen, De Antoninamen..., in Archief voor Kerkelijke Geschiedenis, 19 (1848), pp. 116-59; G. A. Wumkes, s. v. in Nieuw Nederland. B
BIBL.: J. van Leeuwen, De Antoninamen..., in Archief voor Kerkelijke Geschiedenis, 19 (1848), pp. 116-59; G. A. Wumkes, s. v. in Nieuw Nederland. Biogr. Woordenboek, VI, Leiden 1924, p. 203.
Musters, Anselmo. “Brill, jakob.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 101. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/brill-jakob.
MLA
Musters, Anselmo. “Brill, jakob.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 101. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/brill-jakob.
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@incollection{ec3_brill_jakob,
author = {Musters, Anselmo},
title = {Brill, jakob},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {101},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/brill-jakob}
}
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