# Menno Simons — The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism character guide

> Menno Simons in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Menno, Menno Simons

**First appearance:** 0013-d-the-baptist-sects

## Who they are

Founder of the Mennonites, an Anabaptist group discussed in the section on Baptist sects.

## In the story

### [III: Luther’s Conception of the Calling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_protestant_ethic_and_the_spirit_of_capitalis_se/chapters/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.

### [The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_protestant_ethic_and_the_spirit_of_capitalis_se/chapters/iv-the-religious-foundations-of-worldly-asceticism)

Mentioned as a leader in the early Baptist movement.

### [D. The Baptist Sects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_protestant_ethic_and_the_spirit_of_capitalis_se/chapters/d-the-baptist-sects)

Founder of the Mennonites; his Fondamentboek (1539) provided a consistent doctrine for the Baptist movement, emphasizing the true blameless Church of Christ.

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