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How did the Mennonites begin?

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The name Mennonite is derived from Menno Simons (c.1496-1561), Dutch reformer and organizer of the early congregations. Menno left the Catholic priesthood in 1536 to help gather together and rehabilitate the Dutch Anabaptists confused by the downfall of the revolutionary Anabaptist theocracy set up at Münster (c.1524-25). He soon became the movement's outstanding leader.

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