Hoedemaker

Writings by or about Dr. P. J. Hoedemaker

Dedication at the Founding of the Free University in Amsterdam

Dedication at the Founding of the Free University in Amsterdam

Delivered on October 19th , 1880 in the New Church, Amsterdam, by Dr. P. J. Hoedemaker And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” Instead, all...
The Autonomy of Reason Considered from the Viewpoint of the Roman, the Lutheran, and the Reformed Church

The Autonomy of Reason Considered from the Viewpoint of the Roman, the Lutheran, and the Reformed Church

Translated by Ruben Alvarado (The fifth in a series of lectures on the subject of Cartesianism, given at the Free University, published in 1886) That the confessions of the Lutheran Church and of the Reformed Churches do not correspond in everything...
The Darkness Behind the World Stage

The Darkness Behind the World Stage

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 “Our struggle is not against flesh a...
The Evangelical Outlook in Holland

The Evangelical Outlook in Holland

Ph. J. Hoedemaker Originally published in The Catholic Presbyterian. An international journal—ecclesiastical and religious . Edited by Prof. W.G. Blaikie. London: James Nisbet & Co.; New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., No. 4, April 1879, p...
The Free University and the Christian-National Principle

The Free University and the Christian-National Principle

In Which is Exposed the Difference between Soul-Saving and Nation-Reaching Christianity P. J. Hoedemaker From a speech given in the MAREKERK, Leyden, March 2nd 1886 There is a Christianity among us, even an orthodoxy, which can get along...
The Reformation and the Reformed Church

The Reformation and the Reformed Church

The principle of the Reformation: God's Word alone