Links
Biographies |
The best biography can be found in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.
Other biographies (in alphabetical order):
Café
de Tercera Alternativa (Spanish)
El
Christianismo Primitivo (Spanish)
Mennopedia
(German)
Ökumenischer
Namenkalender (German)
Timeline
Index A site that places Menno in the context of his time.
Articles about Menno |
From magazines:
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)
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)
W.
Schroeder: Menno Simons 500. A birthday Anniversary (Mennonite
Historian)
From
newspapers (Dutch):
From
other sources:
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's writings in print |
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 |
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)
Menno's country |
Photos:
The
plaque on the Mennonite church in Witmarsum referring to Menno's motto (I Cor. 3: 11)
The
Menno Simonsplein (Menno Simons square) in Drachten
Other:
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)
Internationaal Menno Simons Centrum (Netherlands)
Menno Simonszhuis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Scouting Menno
Simonsz. A Dutch scouts group