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Leonhard Päminger (Bamminger, etc.), (1495-1567), a German Lutheran poet and hymn writer. His sons Sophonias (d. 1603) and Sigismund (d. 1571) published some of his papers, including the rhymed <em>Dialogus oder Gespräch eines Christen mit einem Wiedertäufer</em> (formerly in the Göttingen University Library; Th. Pol. 188b). The Dialogus discusses the "three principal errors of the Anabaptist"; viz., their rejection of [[Infant Baptism|infant baptism]], their attitude toward government (with reference to Matthew 5:39), and their recognition of polygamy (on the basis of the Old Testament); the sons in their foreword made it clear that this "fanaticism" was still flourishing at many places.
= Bibliography =
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie</em> XXV: 114

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 333.
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