Reyers, Johannes (d. 1680)

Johannes (Jan) Reyers, died 1680, a practicing physician, was from 1661 until his death a preacher of the Waterlander Mennonite congregation at Amsterdam, Holland. His congregation merged with the Amsterdam Lamist congregation in 1668. Reyers wrote Kort vertoog van de Nootsakelyke voorwaarde der Saligheid (Amsterdam, 1672) and Paulus en Jacobus eens gevoelende in de Leer der Regtvaardigheid (Amsterdam, 1677). Reyers' collection of books became the basis of the present Amsterdam Mennonite Library. The Amsterdam Mennonite Archives have his autobiography.

Bibliography

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 486.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, Nos. 771, 805.

Schagen, Marten. Naamlijst der Doopsgezinde schrijveren. Amsterdam, 1745: 83.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 313. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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