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− | Wouter Denys, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, who was seized at [[Meenen (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Meenen]] in Belgium with five companions and after cruel torture burned at the stake in Courtrai on 30 April 1569. "With metal cut from a coin and with ink made of chalk" he wrote several letters, three of which are given in the | + | Wouter Denys, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, who was seized at [[Meenen (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Meenen]] in Belgium with five companions and after cruel torture burned at the stake in Courtrai on 30 April 1569. "With metal cut from a coin and with ink made of chalk" he wrote several letters, three of which are given in the <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror]]</em>. The first was written to his wife, admonishing her to walk in the fear of the Lord and to seek her salvation more earnestly than heretofore; the third letter, more general in character, requested the intercession of friends for the prisoners. He was a native of Courtrai (Kortrijk) and had been (re)baptized in 1569. |
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
− | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 408 f. |
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 795-61. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 795-61. | ||
− | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV. |
Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois</em>. Vilvorde : R. Allecourt, 1950: 39, No. 27. | Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois</em>. Vilvorde : R. Allecourt, 1950: 39, No. 27. | ||
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Wouter Denys, an Anabaptist martyr, who was seized at Meenen in Belgium with five companions and after cruel torture burned at the stake in Courtrai on 30 April 1569. "With metal cut from a coin and with ink made of chalk" he wrote several letters, three of which are given in the Martyrs' Mirror. The first was written to his wife, admonishing her to walk in the fear of the Lord and to seek her salvation more earnestly than heretofore; the third letter, more general in character, requested the intercession of friends for the prisoners. He was a native of Courtrai (Kortrijk) and had been (re)baptized in 1569.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 408 f.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 795-61.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois. Vilvorde : R. Allecourt, 1950: 39, No. 27.
Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Neff, Christian. "Wouter Denys (d. 1569)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wouter_Denys_(d._1569)&oldid=146760.
APA style
Neff, Christian. (1959). Wouter Denys (d. 1569). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wouter_Denys_(d._1569)&oldid=146760.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 990. All rights reserved.
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