Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck (13 December 1854 – 29 July 1921) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and churchman. He was a significant scholar in the Calvinist tradition, alongside Abraham Kuyper, B. B. Warfield, and Geerhardus Vos.

The Reverend

Herman Bavinck
Bavinck c.1913
Born(1854-12-13)13 December 1854
Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Died29 July 1921(1921-07-29) (aged 66)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyAnti-Revolutionary Party
Spouse
Johanna A. Schippers
(m. 1891)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristian (Continental Reformed)
ChurchChristian Reformed Church
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Ordainedc.1881
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Kampen Theological Seminary
  • Leiden University
ThesisA Succinct Demonstration of the Influence of Schleiermacher upon the Exposition of Holy Scripture
Doctoral advisorJan Hendrik Scholten
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineDogmatic theology
School or traditionNeo-Calvinism
Institutions
  • Kampen Theological Seminary
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Notable worksReformed Dogmatics (1895–1901)
Influenced
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