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Abraham Kuyper was the prime minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905, and an influential neo-Calvinist pastor and journalist. He established the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, which upon its foundation became the second largest Reformed denomination in the country behind the state-supported Dutch Reformed Church.
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culture · Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905 · journalist · politician · university teacher · Christian minister · jurist · Protestant theologian · also Abraham Kuyper, Abraham Kuijper, A. Kuyper, Kuyper
Born 29 October 1837 · Died 8 November 1920 · Q320014
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“Oh, no single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry:”
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Reformed Bible College, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan was renamed in honor of Abraham Kuyper and is now Kuyper College
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With the creation of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands which united the Dutch Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Died 1920-11-08.
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At the age of 83 Kuyper died in The Hague and was buried amid great public attention
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Kuyper played an important role in the formation of the first cabinet led by Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
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Career landmark: member of the Senate of the Netherlands (1917–1920).
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Was made commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
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Career landmark: member of the Senate of the Netherlands (1913–1917).
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Resigned his seat in parliament for health reasons, but he returned to politics in the following year, this time as a member of the Senate for the province of South Holland
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The committee reported that Kuyper was innocent
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Came under heavy criticism in the so-called decorations affairs (lintjeszaak)
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Was made chair of the committee that prepared the new orthography of the Dutch language
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1908–1912).
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Kuyper received the honorary title of minister of state
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Came into conflict with Heemskerk, who had not involved him in the formation of the CHU/ARP/Catholic General League cabinet, thereby denying him the chance to return as minister
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Career landmark: Minister of State (1908–1920).
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Kuyper became honorary doctor at the Delft University of Technology
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Kuyper wanted to return to parliament
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Was re-elected chair of the ARP, a post which he held until his death in 1920
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His ARP lost the elections and was confined to opposition, a defeat Kuyper later blamed on the ‘disloyalty and apostasy’ of Andries Staalman, who had broken away to form the Christian Democratic Party
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There was a higher education law enacted, but Kuyper was against this and became part of the opposition
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Career landmark: Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (1901–1905).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901–1905).
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Career landmark: formateur (1901–1901).
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Argued that Calvinism was more than theology—it provided a comprehensive worldview and indeed had already proven to be a major positive factor in the development of the institutions and values of modern society
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Career landmark: university president of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1898–1899).
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Kuyper voted against the new suffrage law of Van Houten, because according to Kuyper the reforms did not go far enough
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1894–1901).
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And the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (Reformed Churches in the Netherlands) was formed
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Those Dolerenden founded a new denomination called The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands after merging with other orthodox Reformed people who had seceded from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834
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Career landmark: university president of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1891–1892).
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Career landmark: university president of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1887–1888).
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Kuyper led an exodus from the Dutch Reformed Church
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Left the Dutch Reformed Church, with a large group of followers
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Founded the Free University in Amsterdam and he was made professor of Theology there
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Career landmark: university president of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1880–1881).
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Of which Kuyper was chairman between 1879 and 1905
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Kuyper returned to politics, he led the petition against a new law on education, which would further disadvantage religious schools
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“s authority, like all human authority, derived from God”
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Left parliament because of problems with his health, suffering from overexertion
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Wrote "Our Program" which laid the foundation for the Anti-Revolutionary Party
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1874–1877).
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Kuyper stood as candidate in the general election for parliament for the constituency of Gouda, but he was defeated by the incumbent member of parliament, the conservative Jonkheer Willem Maurits de Brauw (1810–1874)
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Founded his own paper, De Standaard (The Standard)
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Began to write for the De Heraut (The Herald)
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Kuyper was asked to become minister for the parish in Utrecht and he left Beesd
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Began corresponding with the anti-revolutionary MP Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, who heavily influenced his political and theological views (see below)
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Accepted a call to become minister for the Dutch Reformed Church for the town of Beesd
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Studied at Leiden University, Doctor (1855–1862).
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Was promoted to Doctor in theology on the basis of a dissertation entitled "Disquisitio historico-theologica, exhibens Johannis Calvini et Johannis à Lasco de Ecclesia Sententiarum inter se compositionem" (Theological
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And summa cum laude in philosophy in 1858
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Graduated from the Gymnasium and began to study literature, philosophy and theology at Leiden University
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Born 1837-10-29.
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