Quotes by Menno Simons
Menno Simons (1496–1561) — Reformator · Täuferisch · Niederlande
Menno Simons (1496–1561) war ein niederländischer Priester, der sich der Täuferbewegung anschloss und als Prediger sowie theologischer Schriftsteller im niederländisch-norddeutschen Raum wirkte. Als Namensgeber der Mennoniten sammelte er die Bewegung auf Grundlage von Gläubigentaufe und strikter Gewaltfreiheit, vertrat jedoch auch eine umstrittene, rigorose Praxis des Gemeindebanns. Für Bibelleser heute steht er für eine an der Bergpredigt ausgerichtete Theologie, die christlichen Glauben an tätige Nächstenliebe und praktischen Frieden bindet.
Era: Reformation & Baroque
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Service & Love of Neighbour, Growth & Character, Peace & Rest, Ethical Questions, Church & Congregation, Freedom & Truth, Discipleship
Quotes by Menno Simons
True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all things to all creatures.
Menno Simons
I can neither teach nor live by the faith of others. I must live by my own faith as the Spirit of the Lord has taught me through His Word.
Menno Simons
The regenerated do not go to war, nor engage in strife. They are children of peace who have beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning forks, and know no war.
Menno Simons
We who were formerly no people at all, and who knew of no peace, are now called to be...a church...of peace. True Christians do not know vengeance. They are the children of peace. Their hearts overflow with peace. Their mouths speak peace, and they walk in the way of peace.
Menno Simons
True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love.
Menno Simons
We have not a single command in the Scriptures that infants are baptized, or that the apostles practiced it. Therefore we confess with good sense that infant baptism is nothing but human invention and notion.
Menno Simons
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