This week in Christian history: NIV, Abraham Kuyper, Pope decree on Mary

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper born - October 29, 1837

Photograph of Abraham Kuyper, Scanned from 'The American in Holland' by W. E. Griffis (published 1899)
Photograph of Abraham Kuyper, Scanned from "The American in Holland" by W. E. Griffis (published 1899) | (Photo: Abraham Kuyper)

This week marks the anniversary of when noted Dutch theologian, journalist, and statesman Abraham Kuyper was born in Maassluis, Netherlands.

A pastor and leader of the orthodox Calvinist group the Anti-Revolutionary Party, Kuyper served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1901-1905.

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During that time, he formed a coalition with other Christian political factions, served as a mediator between the British Empire and the South African Boers during the Boer War, and put down a major workers’ strike in 1903.

In religious circles, Kuyper is remembered for his famous declaration “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry ‘Mine!’”

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