Mozes en Aäronkerk
Mozes en Aäronkerk—officially the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Sint-Anthoniuskerk)—grew from a clandestine Catholic presence in Amsterdam. After the Reformation, public Catholic worship was forbidden in 1660, so in 1641 Franciscan priests established a house church in the Jodenbuurt, on Jodenbreestraat (“Jewish Broad Street”). The worship space became associated with two biblical wall tablets: Moses and Aaron, hung on the wall of the “Moyses” and “Aäron” houses—twin dwellings that were known more widely than the hidden church itself. Over time, Dr. Johannes de Vroom of Breda helped consolidate neighboring properties, including a purchase in 1682, and by 1690 those properties were unified into a single block. Expansion continued, with a new facade and interior and exterior decoration in 1759, and the entrance was shifted to Houtgracht. …
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