The Conversion of Menno Simon: And His Renunciation of the Church of Rome (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Conversion of Menno Simon: And His Renunciation of the Church of Rome<br><br>I write to you the truth in Christ and lie not. In the year 1524 being then in my twenty - eighth year I undertook the duties of a priest in my father''s village called Ping jum in Friesland. Two other persons of about my age also officiated in the same station. The one was my pastor and was well learned in part; the other succeeded me; both had read the scriptures partially; but I had not touched them during my life for I feared if I should read them they would mislead me. Behold! Such a stupid preacher was I for nearly two years.<br><br>In the first year thereafter a thought oc curred to me as often as I handled the bread and wine in the mass that they were not the ?esh and blood of the Lord. I thought that it was the suggestion of the devil that he might lead me off from my faith. I con fessed it often - sighed and prayed yet I could not be freed from this thought.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.