Selectarum Disputationum Theologicarum. 4 vols. (Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 5, wanting vol. 4).

Gisbertus Voetius was born in Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands. He studied theology at Leiden and served as a Reformed minister in Vlijmen and Heusden from 1610 to 1634. Voetius was instrumental in founding Utrecht University, where he held the position of professor of Semitic languages and theology from 1634 until 1676. His involvement with mission issues began at the Synod of Dordrecht, where he addressed the question of whether children from non-Christian backgrounds living with Dutch families in the East Indies could be baptized.

“Voetius emphasized that missions are grounded in both the hidden and revealed will of God. Only apostles and assemblies such as synods have the right to establish missions; it is not the right of the pope, nor princes and magistrates, nor companies to do so. The goals of mission are the conversion of non-believers, heretics, and schismatics; the planting, gathering, and establishing of churches; and the glorification and manifestation of divine grace. Mission churches, he maintained, should not be subordinated to the sending churches in Europe”. (Boston University, School of Theology, History of Missiology)