Voetius, GISBERT (1588-1676), a pillar of Calvinistic orthodoxy, was professor at Utrecht, and, a member of the Synod of Dort, strenuously opposed the Arminians. His chief work was the Selectæ Disputationes Theologicæ. Other representatives of this family of Voet or Voetius (pron. Vootius) were eminent as scholars, jurists, and poets.
Voetius,
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