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Hendrik P. Scholte

Readers can examine the thoughts of Scholte as a leader of the Secession in the Netherlands from 1834 to 1847 as revealed in his articles and correspondence.

The purpose of this book is to make available to American readers who do not read Dutch a more nuanced knowledge of the thoughts of Scholte during the years from 1834 to 1847 as revealed in articles in De Reformatie and in his correspondence with colleagues.

This book is not a biography of Scholte, although it does contain biographical material. By making available information about events in the Netherlands between 1815 and 1847, this book enables American readers to come to a better understanding not only of the contribution of Scholte but also of several issues that led to controversy among the leaders in the Secession.

More detailed knowledge of those issues can also help Reformed denominations in America and Canada move beyond 19th- and early-20th-century polemical writings about the Secession of 1834 that still hamper moving forward in cooperation today.