Difference between revisions of "Hendrik van Etten (d. 1569)"
| [unchecked revision] | [unchecked revision] |
GameoAdmin (talk | contribs) (CSV import - 20130816) |
GameoAdmin (talk | contribs) (CSV import - 20130820) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Hendrik van Etten, born at [[Breda (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)|Breda]], Dutch province of [[North Brabant (Netherlands)|North Brabant]], [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was seized with his friend [[Abraham Picolet (d. 1569)|Abraham Picolet]] by soldiers of [[Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of (1507-1582)|Duke Alba]], and although they had not yet been baptized, they were burned at the stake at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] in 1569 together with [[Maeyken Janssens van der Goes (d. 1569)|Maeyken van der Goes]] after a frank confession of their faith. In prison van Etten wrote several letters which have been lost, in which as an ex-soldier he exhorted his friends to persevere in the battle assigned to them. | Hendrik van Etten, born at [[Breda (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)|Breda]], Dutch province of [[North Brabant (Netherlands)|North Brabant]], [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was seized with his friend [[Abraham Picolet (d. 1569)|Abraham Picolet]] by soldiers of [[Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of (1507-1582)|Duke Alba]], and although they had not yet been baptized, they were burned at the stake at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] in 1569 together with [[Maeyken Janssens van der Goes (d. 1569)|Maeyken van der Goes]] after a frank confession of their faith. In prison van Etten wrote several letters which have been lost, in which as an ex-soldier he exhorted his friends to persevere in the battle assigned to them. | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
<div> Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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: II, 475. | <div> Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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: II, 475. | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 20 August 2013
Hendrik van Etten, born at Breda, Dutch province of North Brabant, Anabaptist martyr, was seized with his friend Abraham Picolet by soldiers of Duke Alba, and although they had not yet been baptized, they were burned at the stake at Antwerp in 1569 together with Maeyken van der Goes after a frank confession of their faith. In prison van Etten wrote several letters which have been lost, in which as an ex-soldier he exhorted his friends to persevere in the battle assigned to them.
Bibliography
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: 818. Available online at: <span class="Hypertext">http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm</span>.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 614.
| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1956 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Neff, Christian. "Hendrik van Etten (d. 1569)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hendrik_van_Etten_(d._1569)&oldid=81900.
APA style
Neff, Christian. (1956). Hendrik van Etten (d. 1569). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hendrik_van_Etten_(d._1569)&oldid=81900.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 700. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.