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Claes-Wolters-VolkClaes-Wolters-Volk, was a designation for the followers of Claes Wolters Cops (see Kops), a Mennonite preacher in the Dutch town of Haarlem, United High German and Frisian congregation. Cops and his followers in 1611 separated from this congregation, whose leader was Leenaert Clock. As late as 1635 the name of Claes-Wolters-Volk was still common for a group of High German Mennonites at Leiden, Holland. BibliographyLe Poole, L. F. Bijdragen tot de kennis van het kerkelijk leven onder de doopsgezinden ontleend aan het archief der Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Leiden. Leiden: Brill, 1905: 25. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 616. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2012 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Claes-Wolters-Volk." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 13 February 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/claes_wolters_volk. APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Claes-Wolters-Volk. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 February 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/claes_wolters_volk. Document Actions |
