Narssius was a subscriber to theConfessio orthodoxa ofConrad Vorstius, successor to Arminius at Leiden, and was strongly reprimanded for that by the Synod ofHarderwijk.[4] He was pastor atGrave and thenZaltbommel, but lost his posts because of his combativeRemonstrant approach.[5] He reportedly travelled to England to present Arminian documents to ArchbishopGeorge Abbot, meeting a very hostile reception.[8] After the general exile of Remonstrants from the Netherland he was at the Arminian colony ofFriedrichstadt inHolstein.[9]
Narssius belonged to the "Dordrecht School" of Latin poets, which included also the RemonstrantSamuel Naeranus.[14] He is remembered forGustavidos sive de bello Sueco-austriaco libri tres 1632) andGustavidos liber quartus (1634), published inHamburg, which were Latinepic poems.[15] He also wrote atragedyGustavus saucius (1629 and 1632) onGustavus Adolphus, for whom he was physician and historiographer, from 1625 or 1626.[16][17][18]
^Narssius or Narsius is a latinized version of Van Naarsen, also spelled (Van) Naarssen, Naersen, or Naerssen. Forename variants include Johann, Johan, Joann, Joannes.
^van der Aa, A. J., ed. (1868).Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden [Biographical dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Vol. 13 – via Digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlanse lettern.
^The works of James Arminius, D. D., formerly professor of divinity in the University of Leyden vol. 1 (1825), p. 264, footnote;Google Books.
^Keith D. Stanglin,Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: the context, roots, and shape of the Leiden debate, 1603–1609 (2007), p. 123;Google Books.
^James Nichols citingGerard Brandt'sHistory of the Reformation,Calvinism and Arminianism Compared in their Principles and Tendency (1824), p. clvii;archive.org.
^Kenneth E. Hall,Stonewall Jackson and Religious Faith in Military Command (2005), p. 87;Google Books.
^ab(in German) Gero von Wilpert,Deutschbaltische Literaturgeschichte (2005), p. 79;Google Books.
^Bjarne Stoklund,Ethnologia Europaea, Volume 33 (2001), p. 17;Google Books.
^Nadine Akkerman,The Letters of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Volume II (2011), pp. 39–40 note 6;Google Books.
^Sibbe Jan Visser,Samuel Naeranus (1582–1641) en Johannes Naeranus (1608–1679): twee remonstrantse theologen op de bres voor godsdienstige verdraagzaamheid (2011), pp. 201–2;Google Books.
^Karen Skovgaard-Petersen,Historiography at the Court of Christian IV (1588–1648): studies in the Latin histories of Denmark by Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius (2002), p. 440;Google Books.
