About Cornelis Trimp
Lived 1926 – 2012 (aged 86). Cornelis Trimp was a Dutch theologian and university teacher.
Cornelis Trimp (18 January 1926 – 9 March 2012 ) was a Dutch minister and theologian.
Trimp was born in Amsterdam. He studied at the Theological College in Kampen and was ordained a minister in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) in 1951. He followed Benne Holwerda in rejecting both "subjective" and "objective" preaching: "What is involved primarily is neither the subjective engagement of the heart nor the objective declaration of doctrine, but the address of the speaking God in the covenant."
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Who was Cornelis Trimp?
Dutch minister and theologian
When was Cornelis Trimp born?
Cornelis Trimp was born on 18 January 1926 in Amsterdam.
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Cornelis Trimp died on 9 March 2012 in Bosch en Duin.
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Cornelis Trimp was a theologian and university teacher.
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Cornelis Trimp was Dutch.
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