Rauwenhoff, Lodewijk Willem Ernst

D.D. (Leiden, 1852), Dutch theologian; b. at Amsterdam, July 27, 1828; studied theology at Amsterdam and Leiden, 1846-52; became pastor at Mydrecht (Utrecht) 1852, Dordrecht 1856, Leiden 1859; profe or in the University of Leiden, 1860; of church histoi'y, history of doctrine, and patristics, 1860-81; of theological encyclopaedia and philosophy of religion, 1881 to date. With A. Kuenen and A. D. Loman he has, since 1867, edited the Theologisch Tijdschrift, Leiden, 1867 sqq. He is the author of De loco Paulino qui est de Awaluoei (his D.D. di ertation), Leiden, 1852; and in Dutch of "Christian Independence," Dordrecht, 1857; " The Heroes of History," 1862; " History of Protestant ism," 1865-71, 3 vols.; "The Old Faith and the New" (against Strau ), 1873 (German trans, by F. Nippold, Leipzig, 1873) " State and Church," 1875; and numerous articles in different periodicals.