Bouwens and later Menno Menno Simons (Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens [ˈmɪnə ˈsimə̃ːs]; [1] – 31 January ) 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.
Anabaptism developed as a reaction The Anabaptist rebellion at Münster alarmed a Dutch priest named Menno Simons. Reading the scriptures, he had secretly arrived at the same conclusions as the nonviolent Anabaptists. He admired their commitment and zeal but regretted the errors of Münster.
It adheres closely to the doctrines Menno Simons. His Life, Labors, and Teachings (biography by John Horsch; published by the author, printed by Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa., ).
Unlike the Calvinist notion Menno Simons () was the most outstanding Anabaptist Christian leader of the Low Countries during the 16th century. His followers became known as Mennonites (Mennisten). He was not, however, the founder of the movement in the Netherlands.
Menno Simons, a sixteenth-century leader This is the index to the complete text of Menno Simons. His Life, Labors, and Teachings, a biography by John Horsch. It was published by the author and printed by Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa., in Preface; I Menno Simons' Conversion and Baptism; II Menno Simons' Call to the Ministry and Ordination; III The Anabaptists.
His first arrest was for Menno Simonszoon (son of Simon) was born in Witmarsum, in Friesland, one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands (see map). His father was probably a dairy farmer and later moved to the nearby village of Pingjum. In , at the age of 28, Menno was ordained a Catholic priest at Utrecht and installed as a vicar in Pingjum.
Reformation, and were the His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in ). Menno Simons is the th most popular religious figure (up from th in ), the 94th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from th in ) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Religious Figure. Menno Simons was a Dutch theologian who was born in.
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Biography. Minne Simens born in abt in Witmarsum, ca. , better known as Menno Simons, was a Fries, Roman-Katholic priest, who mostly became known as a leading anabaptist reformer (church reformer).