Bisschop, Pieter de (16th century)

Pieter de Bisschop (dates of birth and death unknown), was chosen deacon in the Dutch Reformed refugee congregation of Frankfurt on 17 November 1570. According to Vos he later also lived in Antwerp. After 1580 (at least until 1597) he lived in Rotterdam, where he was an elder of the Reformed Church. He was a grim opponent of the Mennonites. To that end he wrote among other things: Antwoort-liedt op eens Wederdoopers Lasterliedt . . . (5th ed., Rotterdam, 1600; the first edition was probably printed in 1593), and Spieghel der Waterlantscher Wederdooperen Leughenkonst, . . . (Rotterdam, 1597). Hans de Ries wrote against de Bisschop: Verthoon van verscheyden onwaerheden ende loogen . . . , of which no printed copy is known, but the manuscript is found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Library]] (26 pages).

Bibliography

Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919: 192, 354.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 225.

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, 655, 656.

Molhuysen, P. C. and  P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. III, 117.

Vos, Karel. De Doopsgezinden te Antwerpen in de zestiende eeuw. Reprint from Bulletin de la Commission Royale de Belgique 84 (1920): 333, 378, 379.

Author(s)	Karel Vos
	Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published	1953

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