THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2025

AM Moderator: Henk van den Belt

8:30 – Words of Welcome from PRTS – Dr. Adriaan C. Neele

9:00 – Introduction: Scripture, the Confessions, and the Synopsis PuriorisDr. Riemer Faber

9:45-10:30 – Antonius Walaeus’ Synopsis Purioris Disputation on Predestination in Light of the Treatment of Predestination at the Synod of Dordt and in Contemporary DisputationsDr. Donald Sinnema

10:30-11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 – The Idea of Beauty in the Synopsis Purioris, or the Absence ThereofDr. Philip Fisk

12:00-1:30 – Lunch

PM Moderator: Riemer Faber

1:30-2:15 – Lecture – Dr. Andreas Beck

2:15-3:00 – The Leiden Synopsis Purioris and the Twofold Kingdom of Christ: Christological Distinctions with Political ImplicationsDr. Jonathon Beeke

3:00-3:30 – Coffee Break

3:30-4:15 – Rooted, Receiving, and Reviving: Herman Bavinck, The Leiden Synopsis Purioris, and the Doctrine of GraceDr. Gayle Doornbos

4:15-5:00 – The Spirit’s Procession and Soteriology in the Leiden Synopsis PuriorisDr. Ryan McGraw

5:30 – Dinner

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025

Moderator: Jonathon Beeke

8:30 – Opening Scripture and prayer

8:30-9:15 – Bringing Clear Light to Various Matters and Controversies: The Synopsis Purioris and its Theology as taught by Walaeus and Hoornbeeck at Leiden University (1625-1666) – Dr. Todd Rester

9:15-10:00 – A Purer Moral Theology: The Ethics of the Synopsis PuriorisDr. David VanDrunen

10:00-10:30 – Coffee Break

10:30-11:15 – Divine Immutability in Development: A Comparative Study of the Synopsis Purioris (1625) and Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretico-practica theologia (1699)Dr. Adriaan C. Neele

11:15-12:15 – Final Lecture, Poster Session, Discussion – Dr. Henk van den Belt

12:30 – Closing of the conference, lunch, and departure

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