KUYPER, Abraham (1837-1920):
Dutch CALVINIST theologian, philosopher and statesman who
converted from the theological LIBERALISM he espoused at the University of Leyden to
Calvinist orthodoxy during his first pastorate in the small fishing village of Beesd. As a
result of his educational and ecclesiastical concerns, he entered politics in 1869 where
he quickly became the leader of the ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT founded by GRONE VAN
PRINSTERER. Among his many accomplishments are the founding of a daily newspaper, weekly
religious magazine, a labor union, political party, the Free University of Amsterdam
(1880) and a period as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1901-1905. A voluminous
writer his translated works include: Lectures on Calvinism (1898), Principles
of Sacred Theology (1898) and The Work of the Holy Spirit (1900).
