Dutch Reformed Church
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The Dutch Reformed Church was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the traditional denomination of
Oude Kerk in Amsterdam
Title page of the original 1637 Statenvertaling
The Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (now belonging to the Protestant Church) is still used for Dutch royal investiture ceremonies
The Dutch Reformed Church (Grotekerk) in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Dutch Republic
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The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces, and referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation and great power that existed from 1588 un
Dutch Reformed Church
…minority of members of the church chose not to participate in the merger and instead formed the Restored Reformed Church (HHK). Before the demise of the Dutch Republic in 1795, the Dutch Reformed Church enjoyed the status of a "public" or "privileged" church. Though it was never formally adopted as the state religion…
William of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key.
Anonymous portrait of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. He was of Portuguese-Jewish origin.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, by Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde
Dam Square in the late 17th century: painting by Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde