Johannes Acronius

He was born in Grimersum, East Frisia, the son of a preacher, Bernardus Acronius, in a village north of Emden, now in the municipality of Krummhörn.

He declined calls to Haarlem and Deventer, because he couldn't preach about the political situation in the church that had so nearly cost him his life.

[1] Contra-remonstrants there sent him to the Synod of Dort, mainly to counter some of his colleagues in this area who were deemed too favourable towards Arminius' teachings.

[1] In 1619 he went to work as a preacher in Haarlem where his portrait was painted by Frans Hals and where he stayed until his death.

[1] The Calvinists of the time saw in him an educated man of oratory skills, with the fervour to stand for their truth.

Portrait of Johannes Acronius by Frans Hals