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autoritate DD. Ordinum Generalium Foederati Belgii Provinciarum, (...). Dordrecht, I.J. Canini, 1620. (38),352,276,323,(3) p. Title-p. woodcut vignette. Contemp. (stained) vellum, manuscript title and library call no. on spine. Folio. Ex libris Eindhoven library upper pastedown, a few library stamps throughout, former owner's signature first p. Sm. marginal wormhole throughout (not affecting text), browned, bottom margin waterst. The Dordrecht Synod, a national ecclesiastical meeting of the Dutch Reformed Church and foreign Reformed churches, took place in Dordrecht from 13 November 1618 to 9 May 1619. The doctrinal rules formulated are directed against the Remonstrants, who were unanimously condemned at the synod because their teaching was not in accordance with the Bible.