GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):
Dutch HISTORIAN, political theorist and
CHRISTIAN philosopher who founded the DUTCH ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT to oppose the
ideology of the ENLIGHTENMENT and FRENCH REVOLUTION. An outline of his system is to be
found in his greatest work Unbelief and Revolution (1847). As a member of the
Dutch Parliament, he argued vigorously for Christian Schools which he saw as distinct from
both CHURCH and STATE Schools. The reasons he gave for his position are now used by many
supporters of Christian Education even though few people today recognize the origins of
their arguments.
