Bekommerden
Bekommerden (Anxious or Grieved), also called Bekommerde Friezen or Bekommerde Mennisten, the name given a group of Dutch Mennonites who thought the schisms between the Frisians and the Flemish (1566-1567) were unchristian and unnecessary and therefore sided with neither party. We find them at Harlingen, where the elder Bouwe Lubberts shared their view. Quirijn van der Meulen, a preacher at Danzig, also belonged to the bekommerde Mennisten. They were excommunicated by the elders Hans Busschaert and Jacob Pieters van der Meulen.
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