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“edict, adopted in October, proclaimed that philosophy and theology each had their proper sphere, and should be kept separate, but that where unavoidable overlap occurred, and apparent disparity between theological and philosophical truth arose, philosophy professors must defer to the theologians and refrain from interpreting Scripture contentiously according to their principles. The South Holland Synod accepted”
— Oct 20, 2025 02:56PM
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“…Synod accepted De Witt's formulation as a way of preserving unity in university and Church, and preventing damaging rifts, 3 even though Hoornbeeck, and many others, saw that the placard's apparent subordination of philosophy to theology was only superficial and that the essential point was the separation, and therefore freeing, of philosophy from its tutelage to theology.”
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