(c. 1555 Langwarden, Butjadingen, Lower Saxony – Jan 10, 1625, Franeker, The Netherlands). After studying at Wittenberg, Geneva, Marburg, and Neustadt an der Haardt and a brief ministry in Emden from 1582 to 1584, Lubbertus was appointed the first professor of theology at the newly founded university of Franeker. After receiving his Dr.theol. from Heidelberg in 1587, he wrote numerous works to secure the heritage of the Reformation against the Socinians (De Jesu Christo servatore, 1611), the Remonstrants (Arminians), and especially Catholic theologians like R. Bel…
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Strohm, Christoph, “Lubbertus, Sibrandus”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_13218>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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