Anti-Revolutionaire Partij
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Anti-Revolutionary Party
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij |
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| Founder | Abraham Kuyper |
| Founded | 3 April 1879 |
| Dissolved | 27 September 1980 |
| Merged into | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Headquarters | Kuyperhuis Dr. Kuyperstraat 3 The Hague |
| Thinktank | Dr. A. Kuyper-stichting |
| Membership | 54,500 (1980) |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Social conservatism Nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Religion |
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Dutch Reformed Church Catholic Church |
| European affiliation | European Union of Christian Democrats |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Christian Democratic Group |
| Colours | Blue and purple |
The Anti-Revolutionary Party (Dutch: Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant Christian-democraticpolitical party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a theologian and minister. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus had existed since the 1840s. It represented orthodox tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church. Under the leadership of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer the anti-revolutionaries became a real political force, which opposed the liberal tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church and the liberal tendencies within Dutch politics. Their three values were "God, the Netherlands, and the House of Orange". An important issue was public education, which in the view of the anti-revolutionaries should be Protestant-Christian in nature. The anti-revolutionaries had ties with the April movement, which opposed the official re-establishment of Roman Catholic bishoprics, and a mixed relationship with (liberal-)conservatives in the House of Representatives, who also opposed reforms to the social and political system but often on the basis of a mix of liberal Protestantism and secular humanism. During the 1860s Groen van Prinsterer became more isolated from his conservative allies. He also began to reformulate his Protestant-Christian ideals, and began to plead for "souvereiniteit in eigen kring" (sphere sovereignty) instead of theocracy. This meant that instead of one Protestant-Christian society, Groen van Prinsterer wanted a Protestant society within a pluralistic society. Orthodox Protestants would have their own churches, schools, papers, political parties and sports clubs. This laid the basis for pillarization, which was to dominate Dutch society between 1880 and 1960.
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