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Collection Overview
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. Original collection received in 1993. Includes correspondence of Ralph Janssen, Quirinus Breen, his brother Peter, Jan van Lonkhuijzen, Jan Karel Van Baalen, and Edward J. Tuuk; a few copies of his sermons as well as two on Lord's Day 38; booklets and brochures written on the issue of the Janssen case; proceedings of Classis Zeeland; and articles of Quirinus Breen.
Also included is the crucial booklet entitled "Toch Afgezet maar Ten Koste van Recht en Waarheid." The frontispiece gives the following statement: "De officieele atukken in verband met de afzetting van H. Wierenga ewezwn predikant van de Chr. Reref. Gemeente te Jamestown, Mich. dorr Classis Zeeland." Although there is no date given for the publication of the booklet, the contents reveal that the deposition took place in 1925.
Additional material came from his son in 1995. Additions include correspondence, school papers, addresses, and issues discussed by the "Wranglers."
Biographical Note
Henry Wierenga was born September 11, 1890 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wierenga was trained for ministry at Calvin Theological Seminary, where he earned his diploma in 1920. He served as minister for the Christian Reformed Church in Jamestown, Michigan from 1920-1925. It was in that congregation that the process of deposition took place. Rev. Wierenga was released in 1925 due to disagreements in his views of the Fourth Commandment and the New Testament Sabbath. Rev. Henry Wierenga died on March 17, 1978 in Grand Haven, Michigan.
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- Series 1: General Papers
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Anniversary Bookletss of Jamestown CRC, 50th & 75th
- Folder 2: Articles by Quirinus Breen. Reprints --- 1944, 1957 and [undated]
- Folder 3: Articles by H. Wierenga in Religion and Culture --- July 1923
- Folder 4: Articles on Ralph Janssen in the Reformed Journal by A. Boer --- Dec. 1972; Jan. 1973
- Folder 5: Toch Afgezet Maar ten Koste Recht en Waarheit, [HERH BX6823.W5 A3] --- 1925
- Folder 6: Calvin College Annual. H.W. graduate from Seminary --- 1920
- Folder 7: Correspondence on deposition, editorial extracts of 1925, F. Bergsma of 1926, and Dr. R. Janssen --- 1925-1926
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Q. Breen (copies) --- 1921-1926
- Folder 9: Correspondence with Brother Peter on steps leading to deposition --- 1924-25
- Folder 10: Janssen case booklets by R. Janssen --- 1922
- Folder 11: Janssen case booklets written against Janssen
- Folder 12: Janssen case protest against conclusions of Synod in case of R. Janssen (Dutch and English) --- 1922
- Folder 13: Letter from C.F. Kline, offering H. Wierenga a position --- 1924
- Folder 14: Sermons on Lords Day 38 and other sermons (copies)
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence of Q. Breen
- Folder 2: Addresses --- 1937, 1943
- Folder 3: Correspondence with Q. Breen, George Stob, Jim Wierenga, etc
- Folder 4: Letters to son and daughter
- Folder 5: Issues discussed by the "Wranglers"
- Folder 6: School papers --- 1916-1917
- Folder 7: Origins, XIII, No. 2 pg. 35-41 "Sunday Isn't Sabbath" --- 1995
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