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Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites .
Menno Simons (born 1496, Witmarsum, Friesland [Netherlands]—died January 31, 1561, near Lübeck, Holstein [Germany]) was a Dutch priest and an early leader of the peaceful wing of Dutch Anabaptism, whose followers formed the Mennonite church. Life. Little is known about Menno’s early life.
Oct 7, 2017 · A Priest Without the Bible. In 1524, at the age of 28, Menno Simons was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church in Utrecht, Netherlands. Although familiar with Greek and Latin and studied in Catholic doctrine, Simons had never read the Scriptures themselves. “I had not touched them during my life,” he later wrote, “for I feared if I ...
Menno Simons (sometimes spelled as 'Simonsz', 'Symons', 'Simmons' or 'Simonis') is without doubt the greatest figure in the history of the Mennonite Church. He was not the founder but is often called the regenerator of the Anabaptist movement. He certainly was its most important leader in the Netherlands during the sixteenth century. Menno ...
1561. Menno Simons dies. 1563. John Foxe's Book of Martyrs published. Believing the Bible to be authoritative, Menno developed the reputation as an "evangelical" preacher. "Everyone sought and ...
- Menno Simons (Simons 1871, loc. 307) Menno’s commitment to spiritual discipline and moral virtue within the community proved to be a double-edged sword. Whilst the excommunication of believers on spiritual and ethical grounds ensured a certain level of purity and distinctiveness within the church, it wasn’t without controversy, and in later years Menno sided with a more ‘moderate’ stance on the use of bans.
May 21, 2018 · Menno Simons (ca. 1496-1561) was the most outstanding Anabaptist leader of the Low Countries during the 16th century. His followers became known as Mennonites ( Mennisten ). He was not, however, as is popularly assumed, the founder of the movement in the Netherlands. He became its leader after it had been in existence in that area for a number ...
