Complete Works of Menno Simon Volume 2

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The complete writings of Menno Simons, in English translation (in volumes)

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. PREFACE.
2. REPLY TO A PUBLICATION GELLIUS FABER.
3. OF THE MISSION OR CALLING OF THE PREACHERS. · Part 1
4. OF THE MISSION OR CALLING OF THE PREACHERS. · Part 2
5. OF THE MISSION OR CALLING OF THE PREACHERS. · Part 3
6. OF THE MISSION OR CALLING OF THE PREACHERS. · Part 4
7. CONCERNING BAPTISM. · Part 1
8. CONCERNING BAPTISM. · Part 2
9. CONCERNING BAPTISM. · Part 3
10. CONCERNING BAPTISM. · Part 4
11. THE LORD'S SUPPER.
12. EXCOMMUNICATION, BAN OR SEPARATION.
13. CONCERNING THE CHURCH, AND AN INSTRUCTIVE COMPARISON HOW WE MAY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND THE CHURCH OF ANTI‑CHRIST.
14. THE SIGNS BY WHICH BOTH CHURCHES MAY BE KNOWN.
15. THE TRUE SIGNS BY WHICH THE CHURCH OF CHRIST MAY BE KNOWN.
16. THE TRUE SIGNS BY WHICH THE CHURCH OF ANTI‑CHRIST MAY BE KNOWN.
17. CONCERNING SOME ACCUSATIONS AGAINST US.
18. THE CONFESSION OF THE LEARNED CONCERNING CHRIST.
19. CONCLUSION.
20. A VERY HUMBLE SUPPLICATION OF THE POOR, DESPISED CHRISTIANS
21. A VERY HUMBLE SUPPLICATION OF THE POOR, DESPISED CHRISTIANS.
22. A LETTER OF CONSOLATION, ADDRESSED TO AN AFFLICTED WIDOW.
23. A BRIEF Complaint or Apology OF THE DESPISED CHRISTIANS AND EXILED STRANGERS
24. A BRIEF COMPLAINT OR APOLOGY.
25. DESCRIPTION OF A TRUE PREACHER.
26. A TREATISE ON, AND Scriptural Explanation OF EXCOMMUNICATION
27. A SCRIPTURAL EXPLANATION OF EXCOMMUNICATION.
28. A CLEAR INCONTROVERTIBLE CONFESSION AND DEMONSTRATION
29. PREFACE.
30. A CLEAR, INCONTROVERTIBLE CONFESSION, &C. PART FIRST.
31. OUR CONFESSION. PART SECOND.
32. THE CONFUTATION, PART THIRD.
33. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES UPON THE FOREGOING SUBJECT.
34. CONCLUSION.
35. PREFACE.
36. A CONFESSION OF THE TRIUNE, ETERNAL, AND TRUE GOD, FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST.
37. MENNO SIMON'S SALUTATION.
38. PREFACE.
39. CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.
40. TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES CONCERNING BAPTISM IN THE WATER. · Part 1
41. TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES CONCERNING BAPTISM IN THE WATER. · Part 2
42. TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES CONCERNING BAPTISM IN THE WATER. · Part 3
43. TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES CONCERNING BAPTISM IN THE WATER. · Part 4
44. HOW THE HOLY APOSTLES PRACTICED BAPTISM IN THE WATER.
45. A LETTER OF CAUTION ON DISCORD.
46. ANOTHER LETTER.
47. THE REASON WHY MENNO SIMON DOES NOT CEASE TEACHING AND WRITING. · Part 1
48. THE REASON WHY MENNO SIMON DOES NOT CEASE TEACHING AND WRITING. · Part 2
49. THE REASON WHY MENNO SIMON DOES NOT CEASE TEACHING AND WRITING. · Part 3
50. THE REASON WHY MENNO SIMON DOES NOT CEASE TEACHING AND WRITING. · Part 4
51. A FUNDAMENTAL CLEAR CONFESSION OF THE POOR AND DISTRESSED CHRISTIANS
52. PREFACE.
53. A FUNDAMENTAL AND CLEAR CONFESSION OF THE POOR, AFFLICTED CHRISTIANS.
54. HEARING THE PREACHERS.
55. OF BAPTISM.
56. INFANT BAPTISM.
57. THE LORD'S HOLY SUPPER.
58. THE SUPPER OF THE PREACHERS.
59. THE SWEARING OF OATHS.
60. CONCLUSION.
61. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
62. CONCLUSION.
63. A THOROUGH ANSWER TO THE SLANDER, DEFAMATION, BACKBITING, UNSEASONED AND BITTER WORDS OF Zylis and Lemmekes
64. THOROUGH ANSWER, REPLETE WITH Instruction and Admonition.
65. A HUMBLE AND CHRISTIAN JUSTIFICATION AND REPLICATION, CONCERNING THE BITTER, ENVIOUS LIES AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF OUR ENVIERS
66. TO THE READER.
67. PREFACE.
68. A HUMBLE AND CHRISTIAN DEFENSE. · Part 1
69. A HUMBLE AND CHRISTIAN DEFENSE. · Part 2
70. A HUMBLE AND CHRISTIAN DEFENSE. · Part 3
71. A HUMBLE AND CHRISTIAN DEFENSE. · Part 4
72. CONCLUSION.
73. A BRIEF AND CLEAR CONFESSION
74. PREFACE.
75. A TRUE CONFESSION AND SCRIPTURAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE MOST HOLY INCARNATION OF OUR BELOVED LORD JESUS CHRIST. WRITTEN TO JOHN A'LASCO AND HIS FELLOW‑LABORERS AT EMDEN.
76. OBJECTIONS.
77. AN ADMONISHING CONFESSION AND CLEAR DEMONSTRATION
78. CONCLUSION.
79. A VERY PLAIN AND POINTED REPLY TO THE Anti-Christian Doctrine
80. PREFACE.
81. A VERY PLAIN AND DISCREET ANSWER TO MARTIN MICRON'S ANTI‑CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, AND UNTRUE ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION OF 1553, ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH AND POWER OF THE HOLY, DIVINE SCRIPTURES.
82. HOW THE ENGLISH CAME INTO DISCUSSION WITH US.
83. DISCUSSION BETWEEN HERMAN AND MYSELF.
84. HOW PARTIALLY MICRON NARRATED OUR FIRST DISCUSSION; HOW SILENT HE IS ON THE PRINCIPAL POINTS; HOW HE GARBLES MY WORDS AND HOW HE ADORNS HIS OWN.
85. HOW AND WHAT MICRON CONFESSED DURING OUR SECOND DISCUSSION, AND HOW UNFAITHFULLY HE HAS NARRATED IT.
86. THIRTY‑ONE ARTICLES AHD DIFFERENCES, PRESENTED TO THE READER, TO SHOP THAT MICRON SAYS THIS, WITHOUT THE SCRIPT­ URES, AND WE THAT, ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE.
87. FORTY‑FIVE UNSCRIPTURAL CONFESSIONS,
88. CONCLUSION.
89. FOURTEEN INCONSISTENCIES, WHICH MUST RESULT AND FOLLOW FROM THE FOUNDATION AND DOCTRINE OF OUR OPPONENTS.
90. THE FOUNDATION AND FAITH
91. OUR DOCTRINE AND FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST,
92. OF GEN. 3:15, I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN THY SEED AND HER, SEED.
93. MICRON'S CONFESSION, IN HIS NARRATIVE, THAT CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD, AND OF MAN.
94. HOW CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, IS ALSO THE SON OF ABRAHAM AND DAVID, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.
95. CONCERNING THE TWO NATURES IN CHRIST, HOW IT SHOULD BE RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.
96. THAT GOD THE FATHER IS THE TRUE FATHER OF THE WHOLE CHRIST, HIS SON; AND THAT THE WHOLE CHRIST IS A TRUE SON OF GOD, HIS FATHER, WHICH MICRON CONTRADICTS IN MANY PLACES, AND SAYS THAT IT IS NOT SO.
97. HOW THE DIVINE WORD, IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, WAS MADE FLESH.
98. CONCLUSION.
99. A VERY SINCERE EPISTLE TO MARTIN MICRON
100. A VERY SINCERE EPISTLE TO MARTIN MICRON. · Part 1
101. A VERY SINCERE EPISTLE TO MARTIN MICRON. · Part 2
102. A VERY SINCERE EPISTLE TO MARTIN MICRON. · Part 3
103. A HUMBLE PRAYER TO THE READER.
104. A PLAIN AND CONVINCING PROOF
105. TESTIMONY AGAINST JOHN VAN LEYDEN.
106. HOW A CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE DISPOSED, AND CONCERNING THE SHUNNING AND SEPARATION OF THE UNFAITHFUL
107. A KIND ADMONITION.
108. A LETTER.
109. PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCES OF MENNO SIMON.