Simon Bisschop
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Simon Bisschop, better known by the Latinized name Simon Episcopius, was a prominent 17th-century Dutch theologian and leading figure of the Remonstrant (Arminian) movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Bisschop canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Bisschop Context triple: [Simon Episcopius, birthName, Simon Bisschop]
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A.
Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh is a Canadian astronomer renowned for his work on galaxies and galaxy clusters, including the discovery of several dwarf galaxies.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Schmitz
Jean-Pierre Schmitz was a Luxembourgish professional road cyclist known for major stage race victories in the 1950s, including a Tour de France stage win and overall triumph at the 1954 Vuelta a España.
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C.
Frans Van der Elst
Frans Van der Elst was a Belgian politician best known as a founding figure of the Flemish nationalist movement and the Volksunie party.
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D.
Bart van der Leck
Bart van der Leck was a Dutch painter and designer associated with early abstraction, best known as a co-founder of the De Stijl movement alongside artists like Piet Mondrian.
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E.
Geert Bourgeois
Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Bisschop Target entity description: Simon Bisschop, better known by the Latinized name Simon Episcopius, was a prominent 17th-century Dutch theologian and leading figure of the Remonstrant (Arminian) movement.
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A.
Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh is a Canadian astronomer renowned for his work on galaxies and galaxy clusters, including the discovery of several dwarf galaxies.
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B.
Jean-Pierre Schmitz
Jean-Pierre Schmitz was a Luxembourgish professional road cyclist known for major stage race victories in the 1950s, including a Tour de France stage win and overall triumph at the 1954 Vuelta a España.
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C.
Frans Van der Elst
Frans Van der Elst was a Belgian politician best known as a founding figure of the Flemish nationalist movement and the Volksunie party.
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D.
Bart van der Leck
Bart van der Leck was a Dutch painter and designer associated with early abstraction, best known as a co-founder of the De Stijl movement alongside artists like Piet Mondrian.
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E.
Geert Bourgeois
Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arminian theologian
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Dutch person ⓘ Remonstrant ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| birthName | Simon Bisschop ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1583-01-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1643-04-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Franeker
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University of Leiden ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| influenced |
Remonstrant Church
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linked to:
Remonstrant Reformed Church
later Arminian theologians ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jacobus Arminius ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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Latin ⓘ |
| LatinizedName | Simon Episcopius ⓘ |
| movement |
Arminianism
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Remonstrantism ⓘ
linked to:
Remonstrants
|
| notableFor |
defense of Arminian theology
ⓘ
leading figure of the Remonstrant movement ⓘ |
| notableWorkSubject |
grace
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predestination ⓘ soteriology ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
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theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Contra-Remonstrants
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linked to:
Counter-Remonstrants
orthodox Calvinists in the Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ |
| participantIn | Synod of Dort ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Remonstrant minister
ⓘ
leader of the Remonstrant Church ⓘ professor of theology at the University of Leiden ⓘ |
| religion |
Calvinism
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Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| theologicalView |
affirmation of conditional election based on foreseen faith
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emphasis on human free will in salvation ⓘ possibility of falling from grace ⓘ rejection of strict predestinarianism ⓘ rejection of unconditional election ⓘ |
| wrote |
Apologia pro confessione Remonstrantium
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Confessio sive Declaratio Sententiae Pastorum qui in Foederato Belgio Remonstrantes vocantur ⓘ
linked to:
Five Articles of the Remonstrance
Institutiones theologicae ⓘ |
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