By David Joris
David Joris (c. 1501-1556) is likely one of the least understood leaders within the 16th-century Anabaptist flow. but in the course of his period he was once essentially the most very important Anabaptist leaders within the Low nations of Europe. Even ahead of the autumn of Munster in June 1535, Joris was once a constant recommend of Anabaptist nonviolence, and good into the 1540s he competed effectively with Menno Simons for followers.
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I would like to thank all for their patience and interest. GARY K. WAITE FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK Page 13 Explanation of Biblical References Where possible, Joris's biblical references are listed in the translations. Verse numbers, when they could be identified, have been added to the original marginal scriptural notations (in square brackets where there is some uncertainty). In the cases of tracts published in the seventeenth century, many of these verse numbers had already been included. It should be noted that following the conventions of the sixteenth century, Joris quoted freely from the Apocrypha.
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Joris's eventual depreciation of the outward rite of baptism and his elevation of his personal authority, moreover, became the special targets of Menno Simons. 18 However, Menno, unlike Joris appears not to have adopted the full Melchiorite vision in its apocalyptic fervor. It was natural, therefore, that the two leaders would not see eye to eye. 19 The main issue was whether leadership of the remaining Dutch Anabaptists was to be based on Hoffman's and Joris's charismatic claims of divine inspiration, or on a more formal leadership trained in biblical exegesis.
