Christiaen Kemels (d. ca. 1575)
Christiaen Kemels, a Dutch Mennonite who fled from the Netherlands to England and was arrested in London in 1575 and put in prison with Hendrik Terwoort, Jan Pietersz, Gerrit van Byler, and others. The petition to Queen Elizabeth, the Confession of Faith, and a letter to John Fox, all found in the Martyrs' Mirror, were signed by Christiaen Kemels. Whereas Hendrik Terwoort and Jan Pietersz were executed and Gerrit van Byler and others set free, Christiaen died in the Newgate prison before the sentence was passed. This is related in a song, Een nieu Liedeken, . . . found in the 1579 edition of a very rare booklet (in the Amsterdam Mennonite Library): Confession of Thomas van Imbroeck.
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| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 577. All rights reserved.
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