 In 1611 he damaged his reputation by re-editing a work of Socinus; "De auctoritate sanctae scripturae", with a preface of his own.The authorities in Heidelberg refused to publish it and he later claimed to have been ignorant of its authorship.As the controversy grew "His appointment became a symbolic cause in the struggle between the two parties [Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants] in church and state.