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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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
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Protestant reformers → notableMember → Menno Simons ⓘ
Wüstenfelde → associatedWith → Menno Simons ⓘ