Nicolaas H. Gootjes

Professor of Dogmatology since 1990.  Presently on indefinite sick leave.

Theol. Cand., 1976;
Th. Drs., 1978;
Th. D. Theological University of Kampen, 1985.

Professor Gootjes has ministered to the Reformed (Liberated) congregation in Leiden, the Netherlands. He served as Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Korea Theological Seminary, Pusan, Korea, from 1980-1989. As a full-time professor, he retains his ministerial status with the Canadian Reformed Church at Ancaster, Ontario.

Select Bibliography

Author

• The Belgic Confession: Its History and Sources. Grand Rapids: BakerAcademic, 2007.
• De geestelijkheid van God. Th. D. diss. Franeker: Wever, 1985.
• Theory and Practice of Dogmatics. 2d. rev. ed. (Korean); Chon ahn: Koryo Theological Seminary, 2001.
  [With] J. Plug. and J. Poppe. Watching Movies: No? Yes? How? London, ON: ILPB, 1996.
• Both in Life and in Death. London, ON: ILPB, 1994.
• The Baptism with the Spirit and the Experience of the Believer. (Korean); Seoul: Reformed Co. for Faith Action, 1989.

Contributor

• "K. Schilder on Culture." In Always Obedient, ed. J. Geertsema, 35-64. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995.
• "Catechism Preaching." In Proceedings of the ICRC 1993, 136-163. Neerlandia: Inheritance Publications, 1993.

Articles

• "Calvin on Epicurus and the Epicureans: Background to a Remark in Article 13 of the Belgic Congession," Calvin Theological Journal 40, 1 (2005): 33-48.
• "How Much Did Jesus Know?" Clarion 53 no. 23, 24 (2004): 541-2; 552-5.
• "The Earliest Report on the Author of the Belgic Confession (1561)," Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis/Dutch Review of Church History 82 (2002): 86-94.
• "The importance of Jesus Christ for the Church," and "Common Grace and the Life of the Christian." [Korean] Seoul: Study Center of the Independent Reformed Church, 2003: 7-65
• "Problems with Proof Texts: the Proof Texts of Article 11 of the Belgic Confession and their Implications for the Confession," Calvin Theological Journal 36 (2001): 372-378.
• "The Promises of Baptism", Clarion, 48 no. 20, 21 (1999)
• "Teken en zegel," Radix 24 (1998): 2-20.