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| Biographies |
Two of the
best biographies are:
Mennonite
Encyclopedia (excerpt)
Other biographies
(in alphabetical order):
Café
de Tercera Alternativa (Spanish)
El
Christianismo Primitivo (Spanish)
Mennopedia
(German)
Ökumenischer
Namenkalender (German)
Ökumenisches
Heiligenlexikon (German)
Simons,
Menno e mennoniti (Italian)
Timeline
Index A site that places Menno in the context of his time.
| Articles about Menno |
From
magazines:
Mark
D. Baker: Would Menno Simons watch TV? (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
H.S.
Bender: The Significance Of Menno Simons (Mennonite Historical
Bulletin)
Jim
Coggins: Introduction to Menno Simons (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
Ray
Dirks: Review of Piet Visser & Mary S. Sprunger: Menno Simons: Places,
Portraits and Progeny (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
Abraham
Friesen: Present at the Inception: Menno Simons and the Beginnings of
Dutch Anabaptism (Mennonite Historical Bulletin)
Abraham
Friesen: The Conversion of Menno Simons (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
Louise
A.J. Friesen: Currently in History: Menno (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
Clarissa
Gaff: Menno Simons art exhibition shows sinister, saintly sides (Goshen
College Record)
Leonard
Gross: I Wish I'd Been There - Menno "Doing Church" (Mennonite
Historical Bulletin)
Gerlof
D. Homan: I Wish I'd Been There - Menno's Moment of Decision, January
30, 1536 (Mennonite Historical Bulletin)
Hanspeter
Jecker: "Test Everything; Hold Fast to What is Good": How Menno Caused
a Reformed Pastor to Travel from Murten to Moravia (Mennonite Quarterly
Review)
Doug
Klassen: Worthy of God's call: A mediation by Menno Simons (Canadian
Mennonite)
Mark
Klassen: What happened when Menno Simons read his Bible (Mennonite
Brethren Herald)
Cornelius
Krahn: Menno Simons research (1910-1960) (Church History) You
need to have Jstor access to view the complete article.
John
D. Roth: The Mennonites' Dirty Little secret. What Christians could learn
from Menno Simons and how he rescued the Anabaptist movement (Christianity
Today; preview only)
John
D. Roth: The Relevance of Menno Simons for Evangelical Christians
(Christianity Today)
W.
Schroeder: Menno Simons 500. A birthday Anniversary (Mennonite
Historian)
Victor
Shepherd: Menno Simons 1496-1561, Radical Reformer (Fellowship
Magazine)
Terry
M. Smith: Assurance and Menno Simons (The Messenger)
Terry
M. Smith: Mueller, Menno, and Needs (The Messenger)
Terry
M. Smith: Read Menno Simons Lately? (The Messenger)
From
newspapers (Dutch):
From
other sources:
James
Leo Garrett: Menno Simons (from: Advocates of Religious Toleration
& Freedom)
Henry
C. Vedder: Menno Simons and his Followers (from: A Short History
of the Baptists, 1907)
Jürgen
Weigle: Menno Simons (chapter from Über Mennoniten).
Menno
Simons (1496-1561) (from:Menno Simons by T. Alberda-van der
Zijpp).
| Menno's writings |
On the
internet:
The
complete works of Menno Simon (1871 edition). Same edition here.
Preface, The
Day of Grace and Faith
All from:
'A Foundation and Plain Instruction of the Saving Doctrine of Our Lord
Jesus Christ'.
The
New Birth (introduction by J.C. Wenger)
Reply
to Gellius Faber (excerpts)
In
print:
The
Complete Writings of Menno Simons (Dutch site)
The
Complete Writings of Menno Simon (Amazon)
Die
vollständigen Werke Menno Simon's (German; Amazon)
The
education of children (Amazon)
The
shunning of apostates (Amazon)
Foundation
of Christian doctrine: Excerpts from the writings of Menno Simons and
Dietrich Philip (Amazon)
| Books about Menno |
English:
Gerald
R. Brunk [ed.]: Menno Simons. A Reappraisal (Amazon). Read a review
by Linda Matties of this book.
Walter
Klaassen: No other foundation. Commemorative essays on Menno Simons (Menno
Simons lectures) (Amazon)
Cornelius
Krahn: Menno Simons (Amazon)
Jacob
K. Lapp: Reformation briefs and results thereof: According to Martin Luther
and Menno Simon from 1483 to 1700 (Amazon)
Jacob
A. Loewen & Wesley J. Prieb: Only the Sword of the Spirit (MennoLink).
Read a review
by Peter Penner of this book.
Louise
A. Vernon: Night Preacher (MennoLink)
German:
Dave
& Neta Jackson: Das Glück des Verräters (translation of
The Betrayer's Fortune). You can also
download this book. 
Dutch:
M.C.
Postema: Het spoor van Menno Simonsz gedachten (Amazon)
| Menno's country |
Photos:
The
plaque on this church referring to Menno's motto (I Cor. 3: 11)
The
Menno Simonsplein (Menno Simons square) in Drachten
Other:
A
Walk through Witmarsum. And another
one (both Dutch)
Mennokate
A cottage where Menno's printer may have lived.
| Organizations |
In
a sense every organization that calls itself 'Mennonite' is named after
Menno Simons. This section only lists organizations that explicitly use
Menno's full name.
Educational:
Menno
Simons College (Winnipeg, Canada)
Menno-Simons
Community School (Cleardale, Canada)
Menno
Simons Christian School (Calgary, Canada)
Other:
Menno
Simons Historical Library (Virginia, USA)
Menno
Simons Centre (Vancouver, Canada)
Woonzorg
en Dienstencentrum Menno Simons (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Scouting Menno
Simonsz. A Dutch scouts group
| Blogs |
Roll
over Menno Dedicated to all post modern Mennonites who are causing
Menno Simons to roll over in his grave.