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Franciscus van Lansbergen (Lansberghe) (d. 1626), a native of [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], a Reformed preacher successively at [[Kortrijk (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Kortrijk]], [[Bruges (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Bruges]], and Ghent, fled to [[Leiden (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Leiden]], and studied medicine there. In 1593 he was called to Rotterdam to preach for the Reformed Church; he joined the [[Remonstrants|Remonstrants]] and gave up his position in 1619. Before coming to Rotterdam he had attacked the [[Waterlanders|Waterlander]] idea, as presented by [[Ries, Hans de (1553–1638)|Hans de Ries]] and [[Jacob Jansz Scheedemaker (d. ca. 1596)|Jacob Jans Scheedemaker]], that the institutions given by God in the [[Old Testament|Old Testament]] have no validity for the [[New Testament|New]]. In 1596 he attended a sermon by Jan Jansz; then he wrote an attack on silent prayer in church in his books, <em>Van de vremde en onschriftmatighe manieren der Wederdoopscher Leeraren heymelijcke ghebeden, </em>and <em>Een grondelijcke wederlegginghe van Jacob jansz </em>(Rotterdam, 1596).

A Mennonite van Lansberge(n) family, found at Haarlem, [[Netherlands|Holland]], in the 17th and 18th centuries, was apparently not related to this Franciscus van Lansbergen.
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1864): 34; (1897): 78-82, 88 f., 97-105.

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Molhuysen, P. C. and  P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek,</em> 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. II, 772 ff.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland.</em> Utrecht, 1903- : V, 555 f.

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