Dutch theologian, namesake for the Mennonites (1496–1561)
The Reverend
Menno Simons
"Menno Simons from Friesland" 1608 engraving by Christoffel van Sichem
Church
Mennonites
Personal details
Born
1496
Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire
Died
(1561-01-31)31 January 1561 (aged 64 or 65) Wüstenfelde, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire
Buried
Bad Oldesloe
Denomination
Catholic (until 1536), Anabaptist (from 1536)
Spouse
Geertruydt Jansdochter
Children
Two daughters, one son
Profession
Catholic priest (until 1536), Anabaptist minister and author (from 1536)
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" (Dutch:[ˈmɛnoːˈsimɔns]) is the Dutch version of his name; the Frisian version is Minne Simens (West Frisian:[ˈmɪnəˈsimn̩s]),[1] the possessive "s" creating a patronym meaning "Minne, son of Simen" (cf. English family names like Williams and Rogers).
^Hendrik Twerda, Fan Fryslâns Forline, Bolsward, 1968 (Utjowerij A.J. Osinga), p. 128.
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divinity of Jesus Christ and salvation through his death on the cross. MennoSimons, the father of the Mennonite tradition of Anabaptism concluded: "In the...
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Tobias and Sarah in the Apocrypha". The fathers of Anabaptism, such as MennoSimons, quoted "them [the Apocrypha] with the same authority and nearly the...
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