The Christelijke Encyclopedie is a publication by the company J.H. Kok from Kampen. The first edition appeared in five volumes from 1926 till 1929 with a supplement in 1931, under the redaction of the reformed theologian Frederik Willem Grosheide (1881-1972, father of the later secretary of state Hans Grosheide.) A second edition, in six volumes, followed from 1956-1961. Both editions are reference works for the Dutch Reformed Church

Dutch Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...

. In 2005 a third edition appeared in three volumes, under the same title, but where "Christian" is treated from an oecumenic perspective. A brochure of the publisher reports:

In deze nieuwe uitvoering wordt, anders dan bij de vorige edities, het woord christelijk binnen de Nederlandse context zo breed mogelijk opgevat, zowel het rooms-katholicisme als het protestantisme omsluitend.

The authors of the latest edition include Jan Bank

Jan Bank

Joannes Theodorus Maria "Jan" Bank is a Dutch historian.-References:...

, Paul Cliteur, Bart Jan Spruyt

Bart Jan Spruyt

Dr. Bastian Jan Spruyt is a Dutch historian, journalist and conservative writer.-Academic background:...

, Gert Schutte

Gert Schutte

Gerrit Jan Schutte is a former Dutch politician. He was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Reformed Political League and in the end for the ChristianUnion.- Biography :...

 and Kars Veling

Kars Veling

Kars Veling is rector of the Johan de Witt College in The Hague and former politician for the GPV and Christen Unie in the Dutch parliament.-Education:Veling followed the HBS-B education in Groningen, the town where he was born...

. Editor-in-chief was George Harinck.

Editions

• Christelijke encyclopaedie voor het Nederlandsche volk, samengesteld onder redactie van F.W. Grosheide, J.H. Landwehr, C. Lindeboom en J.C. Rullmann. 5 dln. Kampen: Kok, 1926-1929. Dl. 6: Supplement en register, 1931.
• Christelijke encyclopedie onder redactie van F.W. Grosheide [en] G.P. van Itterzon
  G.P. van Itterzon
  Gerrit Pieter van Itterzon was a Dutch theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church. He wrote his dissertation on the Dutch theologian Franciscus Gomarus, on whom he published as well. In 1958 he became professor of theology at Utrecht University...
  
  . 2de, geheel herz. druk. 6 dln. Kampen: Kok, 1956-1961.
• Christelijke encyclopedie onder redactie van George Harinck (hoofdred.), Wim Berkelaar en Lodewijk Winkeler. [3de ed.]. 3 dln. Kampen: Kok, 2005.