11 Facts About Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and churchman.

Herman Bavinck wrote in his student journal notes that he was motivated to transfer his studies by the preaching of the pastor Johannes Hendricus Donner, who was ministering in Leiden by that time.

Herman Bavinck studied under prominent faculties such as Johannes Scholten and Abraham Kuenen, and finally graduated in 1880 from the University of Leiden having completed a dissertation on the ethics of Ulrich Zwingli.

Herman Bavinck remained at VU for the remainder of his teaching career.

Herman Bavinck assisted in the encouragement of the Gereformeerde people to build their own Christian schools, without state financial help, until such a time as the 80-years "School War" was brought to an end by the granting of government assistance to all schools.

Herman Bavinck was the man of clear concept, Kuyper the man of the fecund idea.

Herman Bavinck worked with the historically given; Kuyper proceeded speculatively by way of intuition.

Herman Bavinck emphasized Common Grace, while Kuyper emphasized the Antithesis.

Herman Bavinck holds dogmatic theology to be a scientific exercise based on foundations of thought and reality.

Herman Bavinck was part of the movement known as Neo-Calvinism, and thus held to high views of theology proper and divine sovereignty as extending from the Calvinist tradition.

Herman Bavinck held that humanity profoundly reflects God, believing that humanity not only contains God's image, but personally and uniquely is God's image:.