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Ordonnantie van de Heeren Burgemeesteren der stad Amsterdam, waer na haer de Doops-gesinde der Vlaemsche, Vriessche en Hooghduytsche Gemeente, sullen hebben te reguleren.
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, Open Library, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no records of an English translation for this specific 1664 Dutch administrative decree. Given that this is a highly specific, localized historical document, it is consistent with the lack of a published English translation.
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When the government steps into the pulpit, theology becomes a matter of state policy. This document reveals how the Amsterdam city authorities effectively silenced theological debate to maintain civic order. Readers will discover the cold mechanics of censorship and financial oversight imposed on seventeenth-century Anabaptist groups.