A Tribute to Menno Simons - Hardcover

by Franklin H. Littell (Author)

The four chapters of this book were delivered as the Annual Seminary lectureship of the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries at Elkhart, Indiana, in March 1961 under the general title: ""The Theology of Menno Simons and Its Significance Today."" Franklin H. Littell (June 20, 1917-May 23, 2009) was professor of church history at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. His PhD was secured at Yale University with a dissertation on The Anabaptist View of the Church. During nearly a decade in postwar Germany as a member of the Religious Affairs Staff (USA) and director of the Franz Lieber Foundation, he was closely related to the movement known as the Kirchentag, as well as to the Evangelical Academies, and received a doctor of theology degree honoris causa from the University of Marburg (1957). He was an ordained minister in the Methodist Church.

Author Biography

Franklin H. Littell (June 20, 1917-May 23, 2009) was professor of church history at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. His PhD was secured at Yale University with a dissertation on The Anabaptist View of the Church. During nearly a decade in postwar Germany as a member of the Religious Affairs Staff (USA) and director of the Franz Lieber Foundation, he was closely related to the movement known as the Kirchentag, as well as to the Evangelical Academies, and received a doctor of theology degree honoris causa from the University of Marburg (1957). He was an ordained minister in the Methodist Church.