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Ordonnantie van de Ed: Heeren Burgermeesteren der stad Amsterdam, waerna haer de Doopsgesinde der Vereenighde Vlaemsche, Vriesche en Hooghduytsche Gemeente sullen hebben te reguleeren.
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The work is a specific 17th-century municipal ordinance from Amsterdam regarding the regulation of Mennonite congregations. Extensive searches across multiple library catalogs and academic databases yielded no evidence of any English translation, complete or partial. Given the highly specific, local, and legal nature of the document, it is extremely unlikely that a standalone English translation exists.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Amsterdam’s city government once stepped into the pulpit to silence theological debate and police church finances. This ordinance forces a look at the fragile boundary between state authority and religious autonomy in the seventeenth century.