* New Birth, a 16th century work by anabaptist preacher Menno Simons, c. 1537, revised c. 1550

* 1561 – Menno Simons, Dutch Mennonite leader ( b. 1496 )

** Menno Simons, Anabaptist religious leader and Mennonite founder ( b. 1496 )

** Menno Simons, Dutch Anabaptist leader ( d. 1561 )

Both denominations are similar in their beliefs, yet they are unique because their traditions were influenced by different founders ( Menno Simons and Alexander Mack respectively ).

* 1543-Anabaptist Menno Simons leaves the Netherlands and begins planting churches in Germany

The town is named after Mennonite leader Menno Simons, and was founded on October 19, 1899 by David Koehn.

Menno Simons, founder of the Mennonite church, found refuge there.

Other confessions had acquired popular, if not legal, legitimacy in the intervening decades and by 1555, the reforms proposed by Luther were no longer the only possibilities of religious expression: Anabaptists, such as the Frisian Menno Simons ( 1492 – 1559 ) and his followers ; the followers of John Calvin, who were particularly strong in the southwest and the northwest ; and the followers of Huldrych Zwingli were excluded from considerations and protections under the Peace of Augsburg.

Menno Simons ( 1496 – 31 January 1561 ) was an Anabaptist religious leader from the Friesland region of the Low Countries.

" Menno Simons " () is a Dutchification ; his actual, Frisian name was Minne Simens (), which is a patronym meaning " Minne, son of Simen ".

Menno Simons was born in 1496 in Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire.

Around 1526 or 1527, questions surrounding the doctrine of transubstantiation caused Menno Simons to begin a serious and in-depth search of the Holy Scriptures, which he confessed he had not previously studied, even being a priest.

A renewed search of the scriptures left Menno Simons believing that infant baptism is not in the Bible.

The house near Bad Oldesloe that Menno Simons is believed to have worked in

Menno Simons rejected the Catholic Church and the priesthood on 12 January 1536, casting his lot with the Anabaptists.

Menno Simons rejected the violence advocated by the Münster movement, believing it was not Scriptural.

Menno Simons ( 1854 )

Menno Simons ' influence on Anabaptism in the Low Countries was so great that Baptist historian William Estep suggested that their history be divided into three periods: " before Menno, under Menno, and after Menno ".

Girolimon ( 1995 ) compares the teachings of Menno Simons with those of Protestant reformer John Calvin ( 1509 – 64 ), focusing on the issue of excommunication.

Menno Simons drew heavily from Biblical images of the bride of Christ when envisioning a new church during the early 17th century.

Menno Simons based his rejection of infant baptism on the concept of the church as a disciplined group of individuals who have voluntarily committed their lives to Christ.

Menno Simons was ordained around 1537 by Obbe Philips, and was probably baptized earlier by Philips also.

In his 1539 Christian Baptism Menno Simons stated his reluctance to engage in disputes, which may have stemmed from his reluctance for years to announce his true convictions.

The Mennonites, followers of Menno Simons, settled in Germantown after emigrating from the German Palatinate and Switzerland between 1683 and 1748.

By 1555, the reforms proposed by Luther were no longer the only possibilities of religious expression: Anabaptists, such as the Frisian Menno Simons ( 1492 – 1559 ) and his followers, the followers of John Calvin, who were particularly strong in the southwest and the northwest, or those followers of Huldrych Zwingli, were excluded from considerations and protections under the Peace of Augsburg.

In denying that Jesus was made from the seed of Mary, the Christology of this church is closer to the teachings of Menno Simons and Melchior Hoffman than any other Mennonite group.

The Mennonites ( or Mennisten or Doopsgezinden ) are named for Menno Simons ( 1496 – 1561 ), a Dutch Roman Catholic priest from the Province of Friesland who converted to Anabaptism around 1536.

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In attempting to explain how Jesus Christ's two natures came to be, Menno Simons and Dirk Philips concluded and taught that Jesus did not derive his humanity from Mary.

Two of his publications with similar titles from 1530 (" Weissagung aus heiliger gotlicher geschrift " ( Prophecy from Holy and Divine Scripture ) and " Prophecey oder Weissagung vsz warer heiliger gotlicher schrifft " ( Prophecy from True, Holy and Divine Scripture ) are noteworthy as having influenced Menno Simons and David Joris.

The Mennonites, followers of Menno Simons, settled in Germantown after emigrating from the German Palatinate and Switzerland between 1683 and 1748.

A lifelong Mennonite, Neufeld joined the executive of Menno Simons College and became chair of the Menno Simons College Foundation after his retirement from the legislature.

As explained by Menno Simons, the 16th century leader from whom the term “ Mennonite ” comes: “ True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant.

FAAD and FAAD2 were originally written by Menno Bakker from Nero AG.

He was one of the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman and later joined Menno Simons in laying out practical doctrines for what would become the Mennonite church.

In his Confession he spoke harshly against revolutionaries and false prophets, but not against the peaceful Anabaptists such as followed Menno.

Some nonresistant Anabaptists found leaders in Menno Simons and the brothers Obbe and Dirk Philips, Dutch Anabaptist leaders who repudiated the distinctive doctrines of the Münster Anabaptists.

Melchior Hoffman, Menno Simons, Dirk Philips and others held and taught an idea which has been dubbed " celestial flesh ".

In it he wrote, " I am still miserable of heart today, that I … was so shamefully and miserably deceived … I did not stop forthwith but permitted myself to bring poor souls to this — that I through the importuning of the brethren, commissioned to the office: Dietrich Philips in Amsterdam ; David Joris in Delft ; and Menno Simons in Groningen … It is this which is utter grief to my heart, and which I will lament before my God as long as I live …" He was dubbed a Demas by Menno ( after the disciple Demas, who forsook the Apostle Paul ).

Under the influential work of Menno Simons, many of the Anabaptists became known as Mennonites.

After the demise of the Anabaptist rule in Münster ( 1534 – 1536, under Jan van Leiden ), Menno Simons became the pivotal person who inspired the movement known as the ( Ana ) baptists.

" Similarly Menno concluded: " In the same manner the heavenly Seed, namely, the Word of God, was sown in Mary, and by her faith, being conceived in her by the Holy Ghost, became flesh, and was nurtured in her body ; and thus it is called the fruit of her womb, that same as a natural fruit or offspring is called the fruit of its natural mother.