Petrus van Mastricht

His father's family name was originally "Schoning," but he changed it to "van Mastricht" on moving to Cologne.

[1] Johannes Hoornbeeck was Mastricht's pastor from 1639 to 1643 and his teacher at the University of Utrecht starting in 1647, along with Gisbertus Voetius and others.

[2] For this reason, and because of some irenic statements Mastricht made, he is considered to have been somewhat ecumenical in contrast to the vitriolic polemics common between Voetians and Coccieans of his day.

[5] He opposed the rising influence of Cartesianism among the Reformed by writing treatises against Christopher Wittich, Petrus Allinga, and Balthasar Bekker.

(Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2018—) three out of seven volumes have already been published; Petrus van Mastricht, Theoretisch- praktische godgeleerdheid (Barneveld: Gebr.

Renowned American theological scholar Jonathan Edwards said of his magnus opus, "much better than Turretin or any other book in the world, excepting the Bible, in my opinion.".

Laudatio Funebris In excessum Doctissimi Et Sanctissimi Senis, Petri van Mastrigt, S. S. Theol.

Trajectum eruditum, virorum doctrina inlustrium, qui in urbe Trajecto et regione Trajectensi nati sunt sive ibi habitarunt, vitas, fata et scripta exhibens.

“Mastricht, Peter von,” Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste.

Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon, Darinne die Gelehrten aller Stände sowohl männ- als weiblichen Geschlechts, welche vom Anfange der Welt bis auf die ietzige Zeit gelebt, und sich der gelehrten Welt bekannt gemacht, Nach ihrer Geburt, Leben, merckwürdigen Geschichten, Absterben und Schrifften aus den glaubwürdigsten Scribenten in alphabetischer Ordnung beschrieben warden, Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (ed.).

Biographisch woordenboek: bevattend levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige personen, die zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland hebben vermaard gemaakt.

“Mastricht, Petrus van,” Christelijke Encyclopaedie voor het Nederlansche volk, F. W. Grosheide (ed.)

Kaajan, H. “Mastricht (Petrus van),” Christelijke Encyclopaedie voor het Nederlansche volk, 2nd revised edition, F. W. Grosheide (ed.)

Twenty-first century Neele, Adriaan C. “Petrus van Mastricht,” Biographisch-Bibliographisch Kirchenlexikon Bremen: Bautz, 2000, 17:1439.

Neele, Adriaan C. “A study of divine spirituality, simplicity, and immutability in Petrus van Mastricht's doctrine of God.” Master's Thesis: Calvin Theological Seminary, 2002.

Neele, Adriaan C. “The Art of Living to God: A Study of Method and Piety in the Theoretica-practica theologia of Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706)”' (Ph.D. Dissertation: University of Utrecht, 2005.

Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625–1750: Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus Van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen, Brill's Series in Church History vol.

Ellis, Brannon E. “Christ Our Righteousness: Petrus Van Mastricht's (1630-1706) High Orthodox Doctrine of Justification in Its Pre-Enlightenment Context.” Master's Thesis: Westminster Seminary California, 2006.

“The integral relation of impeccability and freedom to the projects of Cyril of Alexandria, John Calvin, Petrus van Mastricht, and Jonathan Edwards.” Master's Thesis: Westminster Theological Seminary, 2008.

Neele, Adriaan C. “The Reception of John Calvin's Work by Petrus van Mastricht (1630—1706).” Church History and Religious Culture (January 2011) 91(1/2):149-163.

Neele, Adriaan C. “Petrus van Mastricht,” Encyclopedie Nadere Reformatie, Willem op ’t Hof (ed.).