Menno Simons

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Anabaptist leader Christian theologian former Roman Catholic priest human religious reformer

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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Label	Occurrences
Menno Simons canonical	12
Menno	3

Statements (54)

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	Radical Reformation ⓘ surface form: Anabaptism
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 Simons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Menno
hasPartIn	Mennonite confessional and devotional tradition ⓘ
influenced	Mennonites ⓘ surface form: Dutch Anabaptists Mennonites ⓘ surface form: Mennonite Church 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	Radical Reformation ⓘ surface form: Anabaptism Radical Reformation ⓘ
name	Menno Simons self-link ⓘ
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	Radical Reformation ⓘ surface form: Anabaptism 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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Christian pacifism → historicalProponent → Menno Simons ⓘ

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Simons → followsTeachingsOf → Menno Simons ⓘ

subject surface form: Mennonite movement

Simons → namedAfter → Menno Simons ⓘ

subject surface form: Mennonite movement

Witmarsum, Friesland → hasNotablePerson → Menno Simons ⓘ

Foundation of Christian Doctrine → author → Menno 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 Simons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menno