Kuyper, Abraham - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. VII, p. 474

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

KUYPER, ABRAHAM. - Dutch theologian and politician, b. at Maasluis on 29 Oct. 1837 and d. at The Hague on 8 Nov. 1920. Having completed his studies at Leiden, he became pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church at Bresd. Having entered politics in 1874, he led the party

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anti-revolutionary, which aimed at the restoration of Calvinist principles in the conduct of the State.

Twice a deputy (in 1874 and 1894) in the Second Chamber, in 1901 he became President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, remaining in office until 1905. In 1913 he was called to join the First Chamber. A promoter of modern Dutch neo-Calvinism, he developed its doctrines in various writings and founded a Calvinist university in Amsterdam, where he himself taught. Among other works, he wrote: Het Calvinisme oorsprong en Waarborg onder constitutionele Vrijheden (Amsterdam 1874); Tractaat van der Reformatie der Kirken (there 1884); Encyclopaedia theologiae (3 vols., there 1894); Het Calvinisme (there 1898-99); Ons Program (there 1907).

BIBL.: W. F. A. Winckel, Leven en Arbeid van dr. K., Amsterdam 1919; H. S. S. e J. H. Kuyper, De Levenavond van dr. A. K., Kampen 1921; W. J. Aalders, A. K., Haarlem 1921; H. Colin, Levensbericht van dr. A. K., Kampen 1923; J. C. Rullmann, Kuyper-bibliografie, L'Aia 1923; id., A. K., Kampen 1928; J. C. van der Does, Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der wording van de anti-revolutionaire of christelijk-historische staatsport, Amsterdam 1925; P. A. Diepenhorst, A. K., Haarlem 1931.

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