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Teellinck, Guillaume

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TEELLINCK, GUILLAUME. - Born in 1579, died in 1629, Calvinist minister at Middelburg (Zeeland).

He became acquainted with Pietism in England and introduced it into Dutch Calvinism, propagating, through his personal conduct and a great number of popular works, the idea of a very pronounced rigorism in daily life, as an indispensable condition for preparing the soul for union with God. This mentality is also found in his brother Eeuwoud (d. 1629) and in his sons Maximilus (d. 1653) and Jean (d. 1674). The T. are the most characteristic representatives of indigenous Calvinist Pietism, soon flanked in Holland by two other tendencies, one of French origin, the other of Scottish origin.

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BIBL.: Nieuw. Nederl. Biogr. Woordenb., V. Leiden 1921, pp. 884-93; J. Reitsma-J. Lindenboom, Gesch. Hervorming... der Nederlanden, Utrecht 1933, pp. 381-84; H. Visser, De gesch. van de sabbattriid, ibid. 1939.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1864.

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Polman, Ponziano. “Teellinck, guillaume.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1864. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/teellinck-guillaume.

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Polman, Ponziano. “Teellinck, guillaume.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1864. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/teellinck-guillaume.

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  author    = {Polman, Ponziano},
  title     = {Teellinck, guillaume},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1864},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/teellinck-guillaume}
}

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