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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_42513" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_42513" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73969" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73969" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Or </p> <p> celebrated Dutch jurist and theologian, born at Delft; studied at [[Leyden]] under Scaliger, and displayed an extraordinary precocity in learning; won the patronage of Henri IV. while on an embassy to France; practised at the bar in Leyden, and in 1613 was appointed pensionary of Rotterdam; he became embroiled in a religious dispute, and for supporting the [[Arminians]] was sentenced to imprisonment for life; escaped in a book chest (a device of his wife), fled to Paris, and was pensioned by Louis XIII.; in 1625 he published his famous work on international law, "De Jure Belli et Pacis"; from 1634 to 1645 he acted as Swedish ambassador at Paris; his acute scholarship is manifested in various theological, historical, and legal treatises; his work "De Veritate Religionis Christiana;" is well known (1583-1645). </p> | ||
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