An Introduction to Mennonite History: A Popular History of the Anabaptists and the MennonitesA unique resource for a generation, the preeminent textbook in its field. Cornelius J. Dyck interacts with the many changes in Anabaptist/Mennonite experience and historical understandings in this revised and updated edition. This is a history of Mennonites from the 16th century to the present. Though simply written, it reflects fine scholarship and deep Christian concern. |
Contents
The Church Before the Reformation | 15 |
Anabaptist Origins in Switzerland 37 | 37 |
Persecution and Consolidation | 50 |
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