Menno Simons

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Menno Simons was a 16th-century Dutch religious leader and former Catholic priest who became a prominent Anabaptist reformer and the spiritual namesake of the Mennonite movement.

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Menno Simons canonical 12
Menno 3

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instanceOf Anabaptist leader
Christian theologian
former Roman Catholic priest
human
religious reformer
birthDate 1496
birthPlace Habsburg Netherlands
Witmarsum, Friesland
commemoratedBy Mennonite churches worldwide
convertedTo Anabaptism
linked to: Radical Reformation
countryOfCitizenship Habsburg Netherlands
dateOfConversion c. 1536
deathDate 1561-01-31
deathPlace Duchy of Holstein
Wüstenfelde, near Oldesloe
educatedAt Roman Catholic clergy training (late medieval Catholic Church)
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Simons
givenName Menno
linked to: Menno Simons
hasPartIn Mennonite confessional and devotional tradition
influenced Dutch Anabaptists
linked to: Mennonites

Mennonite Church
linked to: Mennonites

peace church traditions
knownFor advocacy of nonviolence and pacifism
church discipline and community of goods ideals
emphasis on believers’ baptism
teaching separation from the world
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
Low German
mainWork Foundation of Christian Doctrine
Reply to Gellius Faber
The New Birth
movement Anabaptism
linked to: Radical Reformation

Radical Reformation
name Menno Simons
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableFor being the spiritual namesake of the Mennonites
leadership in the early Anabaptist movement
numberOfChildren at least 2
occupation priest
theologian
writer
positionHeld Roman Catholic priest in Witmarsum
religion Anabaptism
linked to: Radical Reformation

Roman Catholicism
spouse Gertrude
theologicalPosition adult believers’ baptism only
emphasis on discipleship and holy living
rejection of bearing the sword and military service
rejection of infant baptism
rejection of oath-taking
workLocation Friesland
Netherlands
Northern Germany

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Mennonites namedAfter Menno Simons
Mennonites founder Menno Simons
Menno Simons name Menno Simons
Menno Simons givenName Menno
linked to: Menno Simons
Simons notableBearer Menno Simons
Menno Simons givenName Menno
subject linked to: Simons
linked to: Menno Simons
Mennonite movement followsTeachingsOf Menno Simons
subject linked to: Simons
Mennonite movement namedAfter Menno Simons
subject linked to: Simons
The New Birth author Menno Simons
The New Birth associatedWithPerson Menno Simons
Reply to Gellius Faber author Menno Simons
Menno van Coehoorn givenName Menno
linked to: Menno Simons