Johann Bogermann
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Frisians
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Protestant divine.
He was born in Uplewert (Now Ostfriesland, Germany), the son of a preacher
Preacher
Preacher is a term for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies. A preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined...
. From 1591 onwards, he studied in Franeker
Franeker
Franeker is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Franekeradeel. It is located about 20 km west of Leeuwarden on the Van Harinxma Canal. As of 1 January 2006, it had 12,996 inhabitants. The city is famous for the Eisinga Planetarium from around...
, Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Geneva
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, Zürich
Zürich
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, Lausanne
Lausanne
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, Oxford
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and Cambridge
Cambridge
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. In 1599, he became pastor
Pastor
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in Sneek
Sneek
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, 1603 in Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.Enkhuizen was one of the harbour-towns of the VOC, just like Hoorn and Amsterdam, from where overseas trade with the East Indies was conducted. It received city rights in 1355...
and 1604 in Leeuwarden. In 1636, he became professor for theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
in Franeker.
He helped translate the Bible into Dutch (the Statenbijbel
Statenvertaling
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), and was President of the Synod of Dort
Synod of Dort
The Synod of Dort was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618-1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initiated by the rise of Arminianism. The first meeting was on November 13, 1618, and the final meeting, the 154th, was on May 9, 1619...
. As a Calvinist, he preached against Anabaptists, Mennonites, Jesuits and the Arminians. He died in Franeker.
Literature
- BWGN I, 466 ff.
- NNBW I, 390 ff.
- Christelijke EncyclopedieChristelijke EncyclopedieThe 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 A second edition, in six volumes, followed from...
I, Kampen 1956, 687 f. - RGG I, 1345.
- H. Edema van der Tuuk: J. Bogermann, Gröningen 1868.
- Vriemoet: Series Prof. Franeker. p. 265.