Hugo Grotius

The scandal led to a public judicial hearing and a wider campaign to sway public (and international) opinion. Vorstius was soon seen by Counter-Remonstrants as moving beyond the teachings of Arminius into Socinianism and accused of teaching irreligion. The dispute would eventually have important economic implications.

He was also a philosopher theologian Christian apologist playwright historiographer and poet. With Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law based on natural law. Grotius's influence on international law is paramount and is acknowledged by for instance the American Society of International Law which since 1999 holds an annual series of Grotius Lectures.