The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism · Character
Menno Simons
Founder of the Mennonites, an Anabaptist group discussed in the section on Baptist sects.
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Also known as Menno, Menno Simons
First appearance: D. The Baptist Sects
Menno Simons shows up with force in III: Luther’s Conception of the Calling. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as one of the religious reformers whose focus was on salvation of the soul, not ethical reform.
Menno Simons first appears in 0013 d the baptist sects.
In III: Luther’s Conception of the Calling: Mentioned as one of the religious reformers whose focus was on salvation of the soul, not ethical reform.
Later, in The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism: Mentioned as a leader in the early Baptist movement.
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- III: Luther’s Conception of the Calling
- The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism
- D. The Baptist Sects
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