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Alting
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(Nov 9, 1541, Eelde an der Drenthe near Groningen – Oct 7, 1612, Emden) studied in Cologne and, after converting to the Reformed Church in 1565, theology in Heidelberg. Active primarily as a preacher in the Netherlands and, from 1567 on, in the Rhineland, his chief activity from 1575 onward lay in Emden as preacher and Praeses of the Coetus of Reformed clergy in East Friesland. Together with his friends, Althusius and Ubbo Emmius, he led the dispute with the counter-Reformation and the Lutheran counts, a…

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Strohm, Christoph, “Alting”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00527>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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