Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himselfÂ (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with violent opposition because they consider him as being too old and sickly at the age of fifty-nine.

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South African History Online. (2012, April 23). Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082063

South African History Online (2012) 'Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082063 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082063, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082063. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082063.