Synopsis
Menno Simons is someone from a distant past. Everything that remains of him is congealed in dead letters, and it is our task to exert the greatest possible empathy and receptivity to allow the message locked in the words to filter through to us. What perception have we formed of Menno Simons through the course of history? How reliable are the facts? To what extent are the interpretations products of their times?
Sjouke Voolstra reviews how past generations of Mennonites have appropriated Menno Simons and offers his own interpretation in this book, which was originally presented as the Menno Simons Lectures at Bethel College in fall 1995. Voolstra tells us that "the memory of the messenger is kept alive, while his message is scarcely listened to." Menno is "waiting patiently until someone gives him a face and a voice again."
Voolstra offers us a brief sketch of Menno's face and a sampling of his voice. We see Menno in his context as a Catholic priest, trying to offer his people a path to true penitence. This pastoral concern for the church moved from a Catholic church offering magical power in the sacraments to finding the real presence of Christ in the obedient congregation. And, finally, his understanding of baptism as a sign of obedience to Christ developed as Menno steered among various factions of Anabaptist fanatics.
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