MENNONITES
\mˈɛnənˌa͡ɪts], \mˈɛnənˌaɪts], \m_ˈɛ_n_ə_n_ˌaɪ_t_s]\
Definitions of MENNONITES
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A sect that sprang up in Holland and Germany about the time of the Reformation, through the influence of Simon Menno. In doctrine they are allied to the Baptists. Members of this body came to this country as early as 1683, and by invitation of William Penn settled in Pennsylvania. In 1727 they published a Confession of Faith. In this country there are several varieties of Mennonites, differing mainly in externals, and numbering in all about 60,000 members.
By John Franklin Jameson
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The Anabaptist followers of Mennon Simonis, a Frisian, in the sixteenth century. In their objection to oaths and to war they resemble the Quakers. From the Mennonites one offshoot is that of the Galenites, called after Galen, a physician of Amsterdam, and answering to the " Bible Christians " of this country. Another is that of the Collegiates, so called as coming together in meeting-houses, where all had the right of expounding the Word of God.
By Henry Percy Smith
