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Episcopius, Simon

(Bischop; Biscop; Bisschop; 1583–1643). B. Amsterdam; educ. Leiden; influenced by Arminius; prof. Leiden 1612; with other Remonstrants deposed and excommunicated 1619 by Syn. of Dordrecht* and expelled from the country; prof. Arminian Coll., Amsterdam, 1634. Works include a confession of faith and liturgical forms for Remonstrant Brotherhood. See also Arminianism.


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