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to define them in ontological categories, that is, in a description of their universal substance or essence. Such categories, he said, reflected a hierarchical

peacetime special administration, the Spetskomandantura applied to all three categories of Soviet Germans and Mennonites: (1) local Germans (in the Orenburg settlements

perspective, cannot be neatly sorted into professional and nonprofessional categories but can be viewed on a continuum ranging from low to high power. Professions

hints of theological modernism. More brought back a refusal to utilize the categories of the strict Fundamentalists, and in a world of simple dichotomies they

Canadian and American Mennonites are similar in the farm and village/town categories. However, there are twice as many rural non-farm Mennonites in the United

for personal interpretation of an ambiguous personality, thereby using categories often wanting in precision. Praise and blame, love and hatred speak from

the highly secularized world of French scholarship, Jean Séguy used the categories of sociology to make Anabaptism understandable to both Catholics and Protestants

successfully fulfilling a functionally defined role (to use Max Weber's categories). Most early Anabaptist leaders were protestors against the status quo

is not always fitting. Historic realities do not exactly match given categories, and most persons and movements cut across different types. Also the concept

returned to Danzig. The labels Flemish and Frisian quickly became partisan categories rather than references to actual geographic origin, as Dirk’s case shows

87.3% White (non-Hispanic); 4.4% Black (non-Hispanic); 3.8% Hispanic, a category that includes people of many races; 3.4% Asian/Pacific Islander; 1% Native

the Mennonite periodicals of North America; much of it falls into the categories of inspirational or occasional verse, its publication usually (apparently)

000. The annual loss on houses was one fifth of the total, the other two categories being equally divided. Frank E. Eshelman was the secretary at that time

welcomed "theologizing" which used biblical, rather than philosophical categories (cf., Pilgram Marpeck, 16th century as described by Klassen, 1968). Specifically

only province in Canada that reports no religion as the highest response category. The province has a lower proportion of Roman Catholics than any other

Unfortunately in Luther's mind the Anabaptist movement came more and more into the category of sedition, partly because of civil disturbances connected with the movement

redefine and reclassify their memberships. It is a sensitive issue when the category of "inactive member" is added; and churches have sought redemptive ways

of assignment to the work of their choice if it was within the approved category. About 85 per cent of the men who entered I-W service ex­ercised the privilege

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from gambling. The risks covered by insurance usually fall into three categories: (1) risks that involve the person (life, health), (2) risks that involve

In English church history the "Fifth Monarchy Men" would fall under this category.) As a matter of fact, the phenomenon of Anabaptism has been subjected

was used 32 times, another 30 times. Detailed lists of tunes of various categories are found in Doerksen's study. Much less attention is given by Doerksen

84% as Black; 0.58% as Yellow; and 0.28% as Amerindian. Brown is a broad category that includes Caboclos, Mulattoes and Cafuzos. Brazil is the largest Roman

course, did not treat the Sermon on the Mount as a separate or special category of Scripture, elevating some New Testament writings above others the way

college campus (2018). 4-time state champion for recycling in small school category (2018). Campus gardens that provide produce for the dining hall, students

general assembly immediately passed a law regulating the army and listing categories of persons exempt from military service. The Mennonites were for the first

similarities but convinced that humanism and Christianity were mutually exclusive categories, simply denied the possibility of influence. Thus Harold S. Bender, for

Mennonite Quarterly Review still relied on more traditional Mennonite categories. Increased urbanization, socioeconomic advancement, rising levels of education

his "pious exercise of the mind," as it occasionally was termed. To this category of devotionoal literature belonged prayer books, Bible stories, books for

in the redefining of the word sect: he listed the Anabaptists under the category of "free churches," and not under "sects" (see his Kirchen und Sekten,

criteria can be used to establish whether a certain school falls under this category or not: (1) the age of pupils was us­ually fourteen or above; (2) the curriculum

ways. Reasons for departure from membership are reported through such categories as excommunication, letter of transfer, and other ways. Lists of ministers

Fürgestellte or foremen of the different trades and shops; while (4) a last category, the Meier, were overseers or heads of the farms. Actually, still more

than have single Mennonite women. Single adults fall into many different categories. They are young, old, never-married, divorced, separated, widowed, parents

and omitting small pamphlets and ephemeral literature, falls into six categories: (1) reprints of Dutch Mennonite books; (2) sermon collections; (3) devotional

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scored high on the orthodox scale, with another 14 percent in the next category, high middle. The groups with the greatest evangelical institutional identity

divorced, three times as many inactive members (9.3 percent) were in this category. Although the percentages were relatively low compared to national figures

Mennonite spirituality makes use of "first generation" and "second generation" categories (Martin 1988). As the martyrdom spirituality of the first-generation church

the "common man." The errors of the Anabaptists are classified in two categories, namely, those that pertain to external physical desires, and those concerning

so much a theological clarification of a biblical or even mythological category as it is an assessment of Western civilization from the point of view of

Many works are listed under several subject categories, making the total number of entries under all categories in the bibliography about 12,000. Though the

between educational levels, socioeconomic levels, or rural-urban residence categories. This seems to indicate that Mennonite household worship practices have

of an individual or people or culture. We might generally speak of two categories of sin (following Kierkegaard): sins of infinitude and sins of finitude

God and is reflected in nature. But they refused to accept justice as a category of Christian ethics. Love alone is Christian. Justice is essential to civilization

basic ethical concepts as love, justice, and power. Preoccupation with the categories of social ethics should not lead to forgetting that Mennonites have traditionally

ordination, feetwashing, discipline, and neighbor love (often under the category of nonresistance) as essential signs of how God orders the life of the

of Mennonites have retained their rural and agricultural patterns. This category includes a significant percentage of Mennonites in the 1980s (Hutterites

recent decades, all disciplines are taught without recourse to religious categories. With the notable exception of the Mennonite seminary in Amsterdam (established

historical society maintains loose affiliation with denominational bodies. This category includes the Brethren in Christ Historical Society and the Mennonite Brethren

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rights of citizens." Again in 1779 a resolution was adopted that the same categories of persons be exempted from the draft. There are other references to "Mennonists

adjacent areas, who were often grouped together as "the plain people." This category, which once included Quakers, Moravians, Schwenckfelders, and Brethren

Manitoba, in 1940, says, "His poems are flawless in form and diction. In this category they belong to the best that the pen of our writers has left us." He quotes

persons, particularly women, have often fallen into one or more of the above categories. In North America over 60 percent of those above 65 years are female.

followed by a "Summary of Believers' Church Affirmations," under eight categories, prepared by Donald F. Durnbaugh, secretary of the conference: (1) lordship

from an individual instead of a congregation and because it didn't have a category for chaplains. It eventually classified him as a foreign missionary. Because

clearly placing the formerly Old Order Amish group into the New Order Amish category. They had accepted electricity in 1963 and telephones in 1967. One of their

cults of today such as, for instance, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, in the same category with the Anabaptists at all. Thus in reality the Anabaptist-Mennonite and

In the category of Christian fiction the Amish Romance Novel is a major genre which gained enormous popularity in most English speaking countries beginning

objection to military service as a legitimate position. Countries in this category with significant Mennonite populations include the Soviet Union, and, until

Jesus in Matthew 5:39, "resist not evil," is the source for a foundational category in Mennonite ethical thought -- nonresistance. The 16th century European

belong to religious argumentation that shapes its thought by traditional categories of logic. Most Anabaptist and Mennonite authors did not think that truth

produced a great deal of needlecraft for household use and as gifts. In this category would be placed embroidered bedspreads, towels, dresser scarves, and pillowcases

prophecy. And since the messages of the prophets are usually cast in national categories, the restoration of the modern state of Israel is seen by many as a fulfillment

Family interpersonal relationships can be classified into at least four categories; husband-wife, parent-child, sibling relationships, and relationships

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z This category includes current and former Western District Mennonite Conference ministers.

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the congregations of the Franconia Conference could be divided into two categories: about 17 established and historic Mennonite congregations with a total

the Canada 125 award and was nominated for Woman of the Year in the Arts category. In addition to her work as a conductor and composer, Helen Litz participated

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Christians, but it is not for the church as a whole. Out of this emerged the category of Apolitical Nonresistance, which made a strong appeal to the dualistic

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their views in several respects. By bringing in the temporal and eternal categories Menno sought to invalidate Musculus' argument by stating that Paul and

has had the effect of greatly enlarging the above-mentioned nonlitigious category of routine legal procedures, including so-called friendly suits. This may

about half in common with the book of 1873, although it used all the 24 categories of the table of contents of that book. A total of some 50,000 copies of

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of Christ." -- Robert Friedmann Restitutionism was not only an important category in Anabaptist self-understanding, but has remained so throughout Mennonite

progress achieved by the total forward movement of scholarship. In the first category the outstanding contributions were those by Robert Friedmann, Karl Schottenloher

verdict that Münster and "the other Anabaptists" belong in two different categories. In the penitent Anabaptist Rothmann, Stern has created a unique character

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Marbeck was put together with the Swiss Brethren among the moderates. These categories prevented a clear insight into Anabaptist history. Another questionable

characteristics. Decision-making patterns varied widely within both residence categories, indicating that factors other than residence were important also in determining

van Ostade, the genre pictures of Jan Steen, etc.) hardly fit into any category of Protestantism, especially the Dutch type of Protestantism.  We cannot