COLL/366 Guide to the Peter (1908-1979) De Boer Collection De Boer, Peter (1908-1979) Collection Finding Aid Authors: Richard Harms, May 2000.

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Guide to the Peter (1908-1979) De Boer Collection 1929/1960 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Peter (1908-1979) De Boer Collection 1929-1960 COLL/366 De Boer, Peter (1908-1979), 1908-1979 0.25 1 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Details (1929-1960) episodes from the ministerial career of De Boer including papers he wrote about biblical studies and Reformed doctrine and the studies of the Belgic Confession.  Notable are the documents, including some court proceedings, of a group (the socalled "De Wolf group") of congregations and ministers who began to differ with the Protestant Reformed Church in 1953 and joined the Christian Reformed Church in North America in 1960.
Biographical Information:

Peter De Boer (b. 3/10/1908, Grand Rapids, MI; d. 5/21/1979, Edgerton, MN) was a graduate of Hope College (Holland, MI), and the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, MI). Ordained in 1932, he served Protestant Reformed Church congregations in South Holland, IL, 1932-1938; Holland, MI, 1938-1943; Redlands, CA, 1943-1948; Edgerton, MN, 1948-1960, and was part of that denomination which joined the Christian Reformed Church in 1960. In the latter denomination he served congregations in Sioux Falls, SD, 1960-1970; Dorr, MI, 1970-1973, retiring in 1973. Although an active parish minister, De Boer authored a number of catechisms and Bible studies for various age groups. He served as the editor of Concordia, 1948-1953.

A native of Grand Rapids, MI, De Boer married Gertrude Vermeer (1908-1983), also from Grand Rapids, in 1930. They had seven children-Pierson, Elizabeth Ann (Fey, Vanden Berg), Henry, Joan (Pool), Melvin, Alyce (Ten Cate), and Gladys (Vander Pol).

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Detailed List of Contents id48145 Papers and Documents 1929-1960 id48146 1 id48147 1 1 Documents relating to his rejoining the Christian Reformed Church 1959-1960 id48148 1 2 Overture to Protestant Reformed Classis re: Reuniting with the Christian Reformed Church 1959 id48149 1 3 Court decrees - De Wolf vs. Hoeksema 1956-1963 id48150 1 4 Papers: Meaning of the Fall in "Paradise Lost" and Resume of Scotch Confession of Faith and Resume of 3 Contemporary American Philosophies 1929-1943 id48151 1 5 Paper: Eene Verhandeling van Het Boek Colossenzen 1932 id48152 1 6 Papers: Covenant Mother's Place in Rearing Children Perry's Opening of Japan 1943 id48153 1 7 Paper: Een Vergelijkende Studie van het Woord Offerre in Calvijn En de Calvinistische Confessies id48154 1 8 Funeral Service 1944 id48155 1 9 Belgic Confession lessons