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[[File:Eine_Restitution_1763_tp.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Title page of Eine Restitution, 1763.'']]    Heinrich Funck (d. 1760), a European Mennonite settler who located along the Indian Creek in what is now Franconia Township, [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], about 30 miles (50 km) north of [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)|Philadelphia]]. He married Anne, daughter of immigrant Christian Meyer and they became the parents of ten children, including Preacher Henry Funck and [[Funk, Christian (1731-1811)|Bishop Christian Funk]] (1731-1811), the latter being the founder of the [[Funkites|Funkites]], who withdrew from the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] in 1778 because they favored recognizing the independence of the American Colonies before the end of the Revolutionary War. Funck was a farmer, miller, and bishop. He wrote two books, <em>[[Spiegel der Taufe, Ein|Ein Spiegel der Tauffe]]</em> (<em>Mirror of Baptism</em>) in 1744, and <em>Eine Restitution, Oder eine Erklaerung einiger Haupt-puncten des Gesetzes</em> (<em>Restitution, or an Explanation of Several Principal Points of the Law</em>), the latter being left as an unpublished manuscript at his death in 1760; his children arranged for its publication in 1763. Funck collaborated in sponsoring the publication of the 1748 German [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs' Mirror]], and he and [[Kolb, Dielman (1691-1756)|Dielman Kolb]] read the proofs page by page as they came off the Ephrata presses. Funck was the most important writer among the Mennonites in Colonial America. His grave is lost, but it is known that he was intimately associated with both the [[Salford Mennonite Church (Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Salford]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Church (Telford, Pennsylvania, USA)|Franconia]] congregations of the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]].
 
[[File:Eine_Restitution_1763_tp.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Title page of Eine Restitution, 1763.'']]    Heinrich Funck (d. 1760), a European Mennonite settler who located along the Indian Creek in what is now Franconia Township, [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], about 30 miles (50 km) north of [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)|Philadelphia]]. He married Anne, daughter of immigrant Christian Meyer and they became the parents of ten children, including Preacher Henry Funck and [[Funk, Christian (1731-1811)|Bishop Christian Funk]] (1731-1811), the latter being the founder of the [[Funkites|Funkites]], who withdrew from the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] in 1778 because they favored recognizing the independence of the American Colonies before the end of the Revolutionary War. Funck was a farmer, miller, and bishop. He wrote two books, <em>[[Spiegel der Taufe, Ein|Ein Spiegel der Tauffe]]</em> (<em>Mirror of Baptism</em>) in 1744, and <em>Eine Restitution, Oder eine Erklaerung einiger Haupt-puncten des Gesetzes</em> (<em>Restitution, or an Explanation of Several Principal Points of the Law</em>), the latter being left as an unpublished manuscript at his death in 1760; his children arranged for its publication in 1763. Funck collaborated in sponsoring the publication of the 1748 German [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs' Mirror]], and he and [[Kolb, Dielman (1691-1756)|Dielman Kolb]] read the proofs page by page as they came off the Ephrata presses. Funck was the most important writer among the Mennonites in Colonial America. His grave is lost, but it is known that he was intimately associated with both the [[Salford Mennonite Church (Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Salford]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Church (Telford, Pennsylvania, USA)|Franconia]] congregations of the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]].
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 17.
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Title page of Eine Restitution, 1763.

Heinrich Funck (d. 1760), a European Mennonite settler who located along the Indian Creek in what is now Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Philadelphia. He married Anne, daughter of immigrant Christian Meyer and they became the parents of ten children, including Preacher Henry Funck and Bishop Christian Funk (1731-1811), the latter being the founder of the Funkites, who withdrew from the Franconia Conference in 1778 because they favored recognizing the independence of the American Colonies before the end of the Revolutionary War. Funck was a farmer, miller, and bishop. He wrote two books, Ein Spiegel der Tauffe (Mirror of Baptism) in 1744, and Eine Restitution, Oder eine Erklaerung einiger Haupt-puncten des Gesetzes (Restitution, or an Explanation of Several Principal Points of the Law), the latter being left as an unpublished manuscript at his death in 1760; his children arranged for its publication in 1763. Funck collaborated in sponsoring the publication of the 1748 German Martyrs' Mirror, and he and Dielman Kolb read the proofs page by page as they came off the Ephrata presses. Funck was the most important writer among the Mennonites in Colonial America. His grave is lost, but it is known that he was intimately associated with both the Salford and Franconia congregations of the Franconia Conference.

Bibliography

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 17.


Author(s) John C Wenger
Date Published 1956

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Wenger, John C. "Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)&oldid=145204.

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Wenger, John C. (1956). Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)&oldid=145204.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 418. All rights reserved.


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