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| − | + | Cuntz Torsel, a miller at Bussbach near Bayreuth, [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], Germany, confessed at his cross-examination that Fritz Weigel had convinced him of the truth of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] teaching. He knew nothing more about him. Further he said that one should believe in none but God and not any saint. He had preached that one should avoid worldly pleasures, not go to taverns, but believe in Christ and serve God. In 1545 he was in prison at Neustadtlein, Kulmbach district of Bavaria. | |
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| − | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV. | |
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| + | Schornbaum, Karl. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Quellen zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer II. Band, Markgraftum Brandenburg. (Bayern I. Abteilung)</em>. Leipzig: M. Heinsius Nachfolger, 1934: 57 ff. | ||
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Cuntz Torsel, a miller at Bussbach near Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, confessed at his cross-examination that Fritz Weigel had convinced him of the truth of Anabaptist teaching. He knew nothing more about him. Further he said that one should believe in none but God and not any saint. He had preached that one should avoid worldly pleasures, not go to taverns, but believe in Christ and serve God. In 1545 he was in prison at Neustadtlein, Kulmbach district of Bavaria.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV.
Schornbaum, Karl. Quellen zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer II. Band, Markgraftum Brandenburg. (Bayern I. Abteilung). Leipzig: M. Heinsius Nachfolger, 1934: 57 ff.
| Author(s) | Wilhelm Wiswedel |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Wiswedel, Wilhelm. "Torsel, Cuntz (16th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Torsel,_Cuntz_(16th_century)&oldid=78250.
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Wiswedel, Wilhelm. (1959). Torsel, Cuntz (16th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Torsel,_Cuntz_(16th_century)&oldid=78250.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 739. All rights reserved.
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