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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76051" /> ==
<p> Leader of the [[Anabaptists]] in Münster, born in The Hague; beset with his followers, who regarded him as a prophet, in Münster, he was taken alive after a siege of six months and tortured to death in 1536. </p>
       
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<ref name="term_76051"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/leyden,+john+of John Of Leyden from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<p> Originally a tailor; attained great power as an orator; joined the Anabaptists, and in 1534 established at Münster, in Westphalia, a society based on communistic and polygamic principles; but the bishop of [[Münster]] interfered, and next year John was put to death with great cruelty (1509-1536). </p>
       
 
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Latest revision as of 18:39, 15 October 2021

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]

Leader of the Anabaptists in Münster, born in The Hague; beset with his followers, who regarded him as a prophet, in Münster, he was taken alive after a siege of six months and tortured to death in 1536.

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