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| − | Joris van (der) Meersch (in [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght's]][[Martyrs' Mirror|<em> Martyrs' Mirror </em>]]van Meesch) was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]] on 22 November 1570 (method of execution unknown), with Jacob (Jacop) Lowijs. The <em>Martyr's Mirror </em>states that they were executed "about 1570." Particulars are lacking. The Dutch martyr book <em>Historie der Warachtige getuygen Jesu Christi </em>(Hoorn, 1617) contains two accounts on these martyrs, both incomplete; the second account was used by van Braght. Joris and Jacob are celebrated in a hymn, "Broeders en susters al ghemeyn, fondeert alleen op Christum den Steijn" (Brethren and sisters all together, build only on Christ, the Stone, as foundation), found in the <em>[[Tweede Liedeboeck, Het|Tweede Liedeboeck]] </em>of 1583. | + | Joris van (der) Meersch (in [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght's]][[Martyrs' Mirror|<em> Martyrs' Mirror </em>]]van Meesch) was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]] on 22 November 1570 (method of execution unknown), with Jacob (Jacop) Lowijs. The <em>Martyr's Mirror </em>states that they were executed "about 1570." Particulars are lacking. The Dutch martyr book <em>Historie der Warachtige getuygen Jesu Christi </em>(Hoorn, 1617) contains two accounts on these martyrs, both incomplete; the second account was used by van Braght. Joris and Jacob are celebrated in a hymn, "Broeders en susters al ghemeyn, fondeert alleen op Christum den Steijn" (Brethren and sisters all together, build only on Christ, the Stone, as foundation), found in the <em>[[Tweede Liedeboeck, Het|Tweede Liedeboeck]] </em>of 1583. |
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">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. Part II: 506. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">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. Part II: 506. | ||
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Wolkan, Rudolf. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 72. | Wolkan, Rudolf. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 72. | ||
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Joris van (der) Meersch (in van Braght's<em> Martyrs' Mirror </em>van Meesch) was an Anabaptist martyr, executed at Ghent, Belgium on 22 November 1570 (method of execution unknown), with Jacob (Jacop) Lowijs. The Martyr's Mirror states that they were executed "about 1570." Particulars are lacking. The Dutch martyr book Historie der Warachtige getuygen Jesu Christi (Hoorn, 1617) contains two accounts on these martyrs, both incomplete; the second account was used by van Braght. Joris and Jacob are celebrated in a hymn, "Broeders en susters al ghemeyn, fondeert alleen op Christum den Steijn" (Brethren and sisters all together, build only on Christ, the Stone, as foundation), found in the Tweede Liedeboeck of 1583.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. 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. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 506.
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: 845. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 65.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 57, No. 198.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 72.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Joris van Meersch (d. 1570)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joris_van_Meersch_(d._1570)&oldid=88423.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Joris van Meersch (d. 1570). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joris_van_Meersch_(d._1570)&oldid=88423.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 123. All rights reserved.
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