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2go VI. GREAT KINGS AND BISHOPS (A.D. 15931718).
et synodis evangeliconim liber votivus, in 1614, in which
he recommended a general synod of all the Evangelical
Churches in which the sovereigns of England and Denmark
were to co-operate.
Next in order of time comes the famous jurist, scholar
and statesman, Hugo Grotius (1583 1645), who had suf
fered much in his own country, Holland, for his defence
of the Arminians against the Calvinists. In the latter part
of his life he adopted Sweden as his country, and for eight
years of the reign of Christina (1635 x
^43) he ably repre
sented its interests as ambassador at the court of France.
The next whom I shall name is George Calixtus, who was
for forty-two years professor at the University of Helm-
stadt in Brunswick (1614 1656), where he studied under
Caselius, the disciple of Melanchthon, and imbibed much
of Melanchthon s temper and spirit. Calixtus, like many
others (including Pareus), was influenced by his travels
in England, where he rejoiced to meet his friend and
model, Isaac Casaubon. His two proposed tests of
reunion were the Apostles Creed and the
"
consensus
quinque-ssecularis
"
(agreement in the doctrine of the first
five centuries after Christ). His principle was that agree
ment in fundamentals only was necessary, and that
Lutherans, Reformed and Catholics were so agreed, and
only differed in what was non-fundamental.40
He influ
enced Sweden both through his writings and his pupils,
especially Terserus, of whom I shall speak presently.
Of even more interest to us than these great scholars and
theologians, whose work in other departments of theology
is recognized by those who care to explore the treasures of
our old libraries, is a man of less commanding ability, who
deserves recognition for the whole-hearted devotion with
which he applied himself to the cause of re-union. I mean
40
His Indicium de controversies theologicis, qucz inter
Lutheranos et Reformatos agitantur, et de tnutua partium
fraternitate atque tolerantia propter consensum in fundamento
and his Desiderium et studium concordice ecclesiasticce were
both published in 1650
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