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Commes, Jan (17th/18th century)Jan Commes was a Dutch Mennonite preacher from about 1690 and elder of the congregation of Zwolle, province of Overijssel, from 1702. He was the author of a book against Jacobus Rijsdijk, who had also been a preacher at Zwolle. Against this ardent champion of Mennonite orthodoxy Commes wrote Den Veynzaart ontmaskert (Zwolle, 1729). 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 649. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Commes, Jan (17th/18th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/commes_jan_17th_18th_century. APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Commes, Jan (17th/18th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/commes_jan_17th_18th_century. Document Actions |
