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Diedrich H. Kromminga Collection, 1904-1942

Collection Overview

Title: Diedrich H. Kromminga Collection, 1904-1942

ID: COLL/151

Creator: Kromminga, Diedrich H. (1879-1947)

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church; professor of German, Greek, and New Testament at Grundy College, Iowa (1916-1922); and professor of church history at Calvin Seminary (1928-1947). The collection includes a paper entitled "The Christian Reformed Church, its Heritage, its Origins, its History"; a paper prepared for the Calvinistic Study Club entitled "The Christian Philosophy of History"; a paper submitted to the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church entitled "The Millennium"; notes entitled "Notulen van de Commissie of the Christian Reformed Church" concerning the teachings of Ralph Janssen; letters of acceptance of a call to the Christian Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana; translation of articles in Gereformeerde Amerikaan; and church history outlines.

Biographical Note

Diedrich Hinrich Kromminga was in Oldersum, Ostfriesdland, Germany on October 20, 1879. Kromminga and his family immigrated to the United States in 1891 and settled in Iowa. In the spring of 1893, Kromminga made his confession of faith and made the decision to become a minister. He studied at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. In 1899, he enrolled at Calvin Theological Seminary and later took post-graduate courses in theology at Princeton Seminary. 

Kromminga went on to become a home missionary for Classis Ostfriestland in 1907. In 1908, he was called to serve the congregation of Bunde, Minnesota. He also served congregations in Lafayette, Indiana (1911-1914), and Ackley, Iowa (1914-1916).  In 1916, Kromminga shifted his career path temporarily to become a professor at Grundy Center College in Iowa. He served the college until 1922 where he resumed his ministry work in Peoria, Iowa. He also served the church of Neland Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1926 to 1928.

In 1928, Kromminga accepted a faculty position at Calvin Seminary. He was appointed professor of church history. He served Calvin Seminary until his death on 19 May 1947. His wife, Katherine (Van Looten), and four children survived him.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Call Letter, History, Janssen Case --- 1906-1942
Box 1
Folder 1: "American Church History, Bacon, Outline, Colonial period"
Folder 2: "Our German Congregations," The Banner of Truth --- January 5, 1906
Folder 3: Biblische Geschichten in Deutscher, Englischer und Franzosischer Sprache (biblical stories in German, English, and French), gift of Johanna Kromminga
Folder 4: Call letter to chair of Historical Theology --- 1928
Folder 5: "Christian Philosophy of History," paper for Calvinistic Study Club --- 1942
Folder 6: "The Christian Reformed Church: Its Heritage, Its Origins, Its History"
Folder 7: "Geschiedenis der Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in Amerika," outline
Folder 8: "Geschiedenis der Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in N. A.," manuscript
Folder 9: History of the Christian Church, index
Folder 10: "History of Christian Missions and the Spread of Christianity" --- 1929-1930
Folder 11: Notes on "History of Christian Missions and the Spread of Christianity"
Folder 12: Janssen case: "Notulen van Comm. in re Janssen" --- 1920
Folder 13: Janssen case: "Report to the Curatorium of the Christian Reformed Church in North America Concerning the Teachings of Dr. Janssen"
Series 2: History, Millennium Notes --- 1908-1937
Box 2
Folder 1: Letter to Lafayette CRC, Lafayette, Indiana --- November 3, 1911
Folder 2: "The Millennium: Its Nature, Function, and Relation to the Consummation of the World," two copies
Folder 3: Medieval church history, later Middle Ages, outline
Folder 4: "Studies in the History of the Canon of the New Testament"
Folder 5: Hochzeitsgabe, zum Geleit im Ehestand und in Familienleben, wedding gift --- July 29, 1908
Folder 6: "Ancient Church History," outline
Folder 7: "Modern Church History," outline
Folder 8: "Barthianism," outline
Folder 9: "Medieval Church History," outline
Folder 10: "The Pagan Evangelical Preparation in Biblical Light" --- 1936-1937
Folder 11: "Augustine's The City of God, Critically Abridged"
Item 1: The Millennium, Grand Rapids, Wm. B. Eerdmans --- 1948
Item 2: The Millennium in the Church, Grand Rapids, Wm. B. Eerdmans --- 1945
Series 3: Addenda --- 1904-1934
Box 3
Folder 1: "Augustin the Anti-Donatist and the Anti-Pelagian" --- 1934
Folder 2: Sermons notes on Acts 4:12, "The Only Name," and "The Training of Life"
Folder 3: "Textkritiek," Ds. Keegstra --- 1904
Folder 4: Article XXXVI of the Belgic Confession and the Christian Reformed Church --- 1943
[HERH BX9429.B3 K73]
Folder 5: De Theologie van Karl Barth --- [undated]
[HERH BT78.15.K77]
Folder 6: Valsche Leeraars Onder de Geloovigen --- [1920?]
[HERH BS2795.K7]
Folder 7: "The Parables of the Kingdom in Matthew," by D. H. Kromminga (articles published in De Gereformeerde Amerikaan), translated and edited by J. H. Kromminga --- 1961.
Folder 8: Irenaeus, Canon, Missions