Poelenburg, Arnold

Poelenburg, Arnold a Dutch theologian, was born Sept. 12, 1628, at Horn, in the Netherlands, where he also became pastor in 1653, after having completed his studies. He removed to Rotterdam, and in 1659 became professor of theology of the Remonstrants (q.v.), and died Oct. 30, 1666. He wrote, Confutatio disputtationis F' Spanhemii de quinque articulis controversis, cuan refutatione argumenti Guil. Tuissi, cui solvendo ne diabolum? quidemo et angelos ejus esse pares gloriatur: — Dissert. epistol. qua demonstratur non posse remonstrantes integra conscientia cum Contraremonstrantibus vel congregationis vel S. Synaxeos communuionenm colere: — Epistola ad Christ. Hartzaekerum in qua liber octavus summae controversiarum Joh. Hornbeckii, qui est adversus remonstrantes refellitur, etc. See Cattenburgh, in Biblioth. Remonstrantiun; Jocher, Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)