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History of religion in the Netherlands

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In 1971, 39% of the Dutch population were members of the Roman Catholic Church; by 2014, their share of the population had dropped to 23.3% (church-provided KASKI data). The proportion of adherents of mainline Protestantism declined in the same period from 31% to 10% (church-provided KASKI data). KASKI (Katholiek Sociaal-Kerkelijk Insituut / Catholic Social-Ecclesiastical Institute) is based on self-reported information by the Catholic and Protestant churches. They reported a higher number of church members than what was found by independent in-depth interviewing by
898: 1857:. Although religious diversity remains, there has been a decline in religious adherence and practice in the 21st century. In 2006, 34 percent of the Dutch population identified as Christian church members. In 2015, that had declined to about 25 percent (11.7% Roman Catholic, 8.6% PKN, 4.2% other small Protestant denominations). Another 5 percent is Muslim (primarily immigrants or descendants of majority-Islam states), and 2 percent adheres to Hinduism or Buddhism. These percentages are based on independent in-depth interviewing by 1892:. Some of that may be attributed to methods of data collection. According tot KASKI, the total number of members of Christian groups in the Netherlands has decreased from approximately 7,013,163 (43.22% overall population) in 2003 to 5,730,852 (34.15% overall population) in 2013. An additional 4.2% of the population adhere to other Protestant churches. With 32.2% of the Dutch identifying as adhering to a religion, among which 25% adhere to Christianity and 5% to Islam, the Netherlands is one of the least 1163:, decided to support William the Silent. All churches in the Calvinist territories became Calvinist and most of the population in these territories converted to or were forced to convert to Calvinism. Because the Netherlands had gained independence from Spain over both political and religious issues, it chose to practice certain forms of tolerance toward people of certain other religions. It opened its borders for religious dissenters (Protestants and Jews) from elsewhere. For instance, 1167:, a French Catholic, lived in the Netherlands for most of his adult life. As the Reformation reached England, some Puritans fled from persecution to Amsterdam and other Dutch cities. (Jews had been expelled from Spain and Portugal in the late 15th and 16th centuries if they refused to convert to Catholicism, and were prohibited from England.) But the Calvinist-dominated areas maintained persecution and later discrimination against native Dutch Catholics. 1396: 1406: 991:. He continued to recognise the authority of the Pope. Erasmus emphasized a middle way, with a deep respect for traditional faith, piety and grace, and rejected Luther's emphasis on faith alone. Erasmus therefore remained a Catholic all his life. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within. He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of 1539: 819: 632: 219: 35: 887: 693: 1003: 1018: 872: 132: 908: 594: 1198:
launched a Counter Reformation in order to rekindle faith among Catholics. In those areas where the Jesuits could operate, the Dutch Catholics were supported in their faith and some Calvinists reverted to Catholicism. However, the number of Catholics dwindled due to the lack of priests, especially in
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After the Second World War, the major religions began to decline. With higher immigration of workers from North Africa and the Mideast, the number of people practicing Islam increased. During the 1960s and 1970s, the traditional pillarization began to weaken and the population became less religious.
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Secularization, or the decline in religious adherence and practice, first became noticeable after 1960 in the Protestant rural provinces of Friesland and Groningen. It became more obvious in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the other large cities in the west. Finally, the Catholic south also showed declines
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Jews had become fully integrated into Dutch society after 1795. Most Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries became later become aligned within the socialist pillar, many became highly secularized and adopted mainstream dress rather than that associated with Orthodox Judaism. They formed a considerable
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The social distance grew. People read different newspapers; by the 1930s they listened to different radio programs. Catholic and Protestant children generally lived in different neighborhoods and provinces, and did not play together. Adults did not socialize across religious lines. Marriage across
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There were 140,000 Jews recorded in 1940 in the Netherlands. 20,000 of them were free from persecution, because they were married to Aryans, or because some of their parents and grandparents were non-Jews. Another 20,000 Jews hid from the Germans. Of the 101,000 Jews that the Nazis deported, only
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During this period Catholics began to develop their own non-governmental institutions. The Netherlands became dominated among three religious pillars, an orthodox Calvinist, a Catholic, and a neutral one. These subcultures generally did not interfere with each other. During the 20th century, a
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and later developer of a large plantation in the colony of Virginia beginning in the mid-1620s. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the proportion of first-generation immigrants from outside the Netherlands among the population of Amsterdam was nearly 50%. Many Jews, especially from
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in the different parts (especially the south) of the Netherlands. According to research in 2015, a more generalized rise in individual spirituality has ended. In 2006, 40 percent of respondents considered themselves spiritual. But in 2015, this had dropped to 31 percent.
1292:. Only Calvinists (and, in some cases, Jews) were allowed to hold political office. Other Christian denominations were mostly tolerated, although discriminated against, and believers were not allowed to practice their religion in public. Judaism was allowed in public, and 1055:, especially in western and northern areas of the country. They also had influence with the eastern English shires, with which they were in contact through trading across the North Sea. The first wave of Reformation, initiated by Luther, did not come to the Netherlands. 2013:, that is, that religion should not play a decisive role in politics or public education. Religion is also decreasingly seen as a social binder. Religion in the Netherlands is generally considered a personal matter, which is not supposed to be propagated in public. 487:
At the start of the 6th century, the first (Hiberno-Scottish) missionaries arrived. They were later replaced by Anglo-Saxon missionaries, who eventually succeeded in converting most of the inhabitants of the southern Netherlands to Christianity by the 8th century.
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In the Calvinist-controlled northern counties, many of the remaining Catholics were tending toward converting to Protestantism for temporal gain, to survive in the changed society. In the early 17th century, the Roman Catholic
338:. Germans settled south of it (Germani Cisrhenani), and many place names and archaeological finds indicate the presence of Celts north of the Rhine. Between these "Celtic – Germanic peoples" and later the Roman conquerors ( 1339:. The Netherlands became known among dissenting Anglicans (such as Puritans), many Protestants, and Jews for its relative religious tolerance; it became a refuge for the persecuted and a home for many of these immigrants. 1986:
provoked controversy by defending the Dutch liberal culture against what he considered a "backward religion", conservative Islam. Stricter immigration laws were enacted. Religious tensions heightened after film director
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keep rising; the first three being widely accepted and the last being more or less considered to be non-controversial. Among those who adhere to Christianity, there are high percentages of atheists, agnostics and
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to establish a person's guilt or innocence, in the course of the 12th century, the ecclesiastical and secular powers took over more control of the justice system. The church rules (in particular by the
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were composed of conservative Calvinists, Communists and Catholics, while liberals and others were underrepresented. An important action of the resistance movement was hiding Jews from Nazis.
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Philip II of Spain was the hereditary ruler of the Netherlands. As a devout Catholic, Philip believed he was obligated to fight Protestantism, which also threatened his rule. After the
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by the Frisians, because they thought he carried gold. The missionaries gradually succeeded in the conversion of the North in the 8th century. By the beginning of the 9th century, the
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were conquered by Calvinists in 1572. Numerous residents were already Calvinist in Holland and Zeeland at that time, but the other states were still almost entirely Catholic. The
342:) a cultural exchange took place. An adaptation of polytheistic religions and other myths occurred among the various tribes, absorbing influences from Germanic, Celtic and later 330:. Contrary to what ancient sources seem to suggest, the Rhine, which clearly formed the boundary of the Roman Empire, did not form the boundary between residential areas of 151:
has been characterized by considerable diversity of religious thought and practice. From 1600 until the second half of the 20th century, the north and west had embraced the
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worsened. The Catholic episcopal hierarchy was forbidden and Catholics were forbidden to hold religious processions in all provinces except for Noord Brabant and Limburg.
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as political refugees. In the early 21st century, religious tensions between native Dutch people and migrant Muslims have increased in some areas. The popular politician
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concluded that, for the first time, there were more atheists (25%) than theists (17%) in the Netherlands. The majority of the population identified as agnostic (31%) or
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According to the CBS in 2018, 53% of the Dutch were religiously unaffiliated, 37% were Christians (out of whom 22% registered Catholics, 15% Protestants – 6% PKN + 6%
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On the decline of intermarriage see Erik Beekink, et al. "Changes in Choice of Spouse as an Indicator of a Society in a State of Transition: Woerden, 1830–1930,"
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was established for a time, creating equal rights for all religious groups in the Netherlands. In 1813, the Calvinist Republic united with the Catholic
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of the Catholic Church, as Protestantism was seen as threatening the royal government. In reaction to this persecution, the Calvinists rebelled. In the
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During the 19th century, there was a rising conflict among Catholics, liberal Calvinists, and orthodox Calvinists. The Dutch solution, known as
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only in larger cities. It was permitted only on the condition of the congregations maintaining Calvinist church interior styles, without having
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took place, in which the small Celtic-Germanic-Roman tribes in the Low Countries were gradually supplanted by three major Germanic tribes: the
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1,000 returned after the war. The percentage of Dutch Jews who were exterminated was much higher than in other countries, including Germany.
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English Puritans in Amsterdam formed what was known as the "Ancient Church of Amsterdam", whose leaders included wealthy merchants such as
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of the Netherlands. In addition, there has been growth of Hindu and Muslim communities as a result of immigration and higher birth rates.
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in 1566, they conducted iconoclasm, destroying statues, paintings, and other religious depictions and artifacts in churches. Also in 1566
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Religious division in the Netherlands in 1849. Catholicism holds a majority in green areas. Protestantism holds a majority in red areas.
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Since the 1960s, the Netherlands has become one of the most secular countries in the Western world. In a December 2014 survey by
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In February 1941 after Nazi occupation, a general strike took place in Amsterdam and the surrounding areas against the first
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denominations. Kuyper also organized a range of religiously inspired organizations. He was inspired by his conception of
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did not gain much support among the Dutch, but Calvinism, introduced two decades later, did. It began its spread in the
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were highly influential in the countryside. They were centers of learning and literacy. In the Christian centers of
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orations"), were held outdoors. Gradually discontent among the Dutch grew, and erupted in 1566 with the so-called
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During the late 20th century, in keeping with changes in their society, the Dutch liberalized their policies on
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Tomáš Sobotka and Feray Adigüzel, "Religiosity and spatial demographic differences in the Netherlands" (2002)
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A liberal Calvinist elite dominated the Netherlands for a period, including the national bureaucracy and the
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or Contra-Remonstrants. Civil war broke out in the 1610s between strict and liberal Calvinists. The liberal
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The 16th and 17th century were characterized by the Protestant Reformation, which greatly influenced the
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Religions in the Netherlands (2013), based on self-reported numbers by religious organizations (KASKI).
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Hans Knippenberg, "Secularization in the Netherlands in its historical and geographical dimensions,"
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in religious practice and belief. By contrast, there has been a religious revival in the Protestant
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God in Nederland 1966–2015, dr. Ton Bernts & dr. ir. Joantine Berghuijs, Uitgeverij Ten Have,
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The oldest data on the profession of religion by the inhabitants of the regions that are now the "
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describes how one must renounce his old gods (described as "devils") and submit to the Christian
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minority, especially in certain cities: one-eighth of the population of Amsterdam was Jewish.
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At the same time, the larger western cities received an influx of Protestant immigrants from
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H. Knippenberg, "The Changing Religious Landscape of Europe", Het Spinhuis, Amsterdam 2005
2400: 1120:, arrived in the Netherlands in the 1540s. Part of both the elite and commoners, mostly in 749:. They also took part in many of the 12th- and 13th-century crusades to the Holy Land (see 2510: 2411: 2386: 2367: 2098: 1463: 1384: 1285:, the official head of state of the County of Holland, was executed. Calvinism became the 1075: 980: 944: 770: 761: 742: 532: 481: 343: 335: 300: 303:
became important there, as well as religions from the Middle East, including relics from
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and other minority religions were concentrated in ethnic neighborhoods in the cities.
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Jews governed their communities under their own laws and formed a separate society.
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in 1578. Institutionalized Dutch baptism was a model for both English and American
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in 1215) and the monarchs maintained the order. At the end of the Middle Ages, the
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Until late into the 20th century, the predominant religion in the Netherlands was
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Roughly fifty years later, in 1886, another group of orthodox Calvinists, led by
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In the 21st century, a large majority of the Dutch population believes in the
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are of Celtic or Celto-Germanic, origin; the Germanic people had such gods as
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dr. Ton Bernts, dr. ir. Joantine Berghuijs, Publisher: Uitgeverij Ten Have,
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Catholicism dominated Dutch religion until the early 16th century, when the
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Donk, W.B.H.J. van de; Jonkers, A.P.; Kronjee, G.J.; Plum, R.J.J.M. (2006)
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separate socialist pillar would also develop. This phenomenon is called
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Faith on the Margins: Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age
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Religions in the Netherlands (2015), based on in-depth interviewing by
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to Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland. An extreme example was the city of
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The Dutch Intersection: The Jews and the Netherlands in Modern History
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Beliefs in the Netherlands (2015), based on in-depth interviewing by
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Before the advent of Christianity, the Netherlands were populated by
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and developed a Protestant character. Strict Calvinists converted a
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Where justice until the 12th century existed largely in actions by
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and the County of Flanders, where secret sermons in Dutch, called
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increased from 0% to 5%. The main Islamic immigrants came from
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to liberate the Calvinist Dutch from the Catholic Spaniards.
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continued efforts to Christianize the land inhabited by the
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from France fled to Amsterdam after repeal in 1689 of the
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left the Republic. The strict Calvinist side won (Prince
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group, began to cooperate. They identified first as the
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from the Dutch Reformed Church in what was known as the
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along religious lines developed in the Netherlands. The
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In 2015, approximately 67.8% of the population claimed
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started harsh persecution campaigns, supported by the
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and called for reform, but he kept his distance from
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In the 8th century, Anglo-Saxon missionaries such as
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Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat
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and renewed persecution and attacks from Catholics.
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From the late 7th century, missionaries coming from
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