Anthonis Fockes (d. 1554)

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Anthonis (Anthoon) Fockes was an Anabaptist martyr, executed for his faith at Leeuwarden in the Dutch province of Friesland on 31 December 1554, along with Allart Jansz. He was put to death by drowning. He condemned all that was done by the Roman Catholic Church as idolatry.


Bibliography

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, 746.

Reitsma, Johannes. Honderd jaren uit de geschiedenis der hervorming en der Hervormde Kerk in Friesland. Leeuwarden: Kuipers, 1876: 63.



Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Anthonis Fockes (d. 1554)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anthonis_Fockes_(d._1554)&oldid=53927.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Anthonis Fockes (d. 1554). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anthonis_Fockes_(d._1554)&oldid=53927.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 130. All rights reserved.


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