{"id":1398,"date":"2023-07-27T14:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smalltowntheologian.org\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:12:33","slug":"was-menno-simons-a-heretic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smalltowntheologian.org\/was-menno-simons-a-heretic\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Menno Simons a heretic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many Mennonites today seem to have not considered that Menno Simons had unorthodox views of Christ. Christians confess that Christ was &#8220;born of the virgin Mary.&#8221; This means, in part, that Jesus took on the human flesh from Mary his birth mother. Menno rejected this teaching. Consider the following post by Dr. R. Scott Clark:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-heidelblog wp-block-embed-the-heidelblog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"K2L902a6ml\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heidelblog.net\/2021\/01\/the-so-called-celestial-flesh-christology-is-just-gnosticism\/\">The So-Called &#8220;Celestial Flesh&#8221; Christology Is Just Gnosticism<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The So-Called &#8220;Celestial Flesh&#8221; Christology Is Just Gnosticism&#8221; &#8212; The Heidelblog\" src=\"https:\/\/heidelblog.net\/2021\/01\/the-so-called-celestial-flesh-christology-is-just-gnosticism\/embed\/#?secret=O9Kb4shAnJ#?secret=K2L902a6ml\" data-secret=\"K2L902a6ml\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is this important? Consider Heidelberg Catechism 35-36:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Q. 35. What do you confess when you say \u201cHe was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. The eternal Son of God, who is and remains true and eternal God,<sup>1<\/sup> took upon Himself a true human nature from the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary<sup>2<\/sup> through the working of the Holy Spirit.<sup>3<\/sup> Thus He is also the true seed of David<sup>4<\/sup> and like his brothers in every respect,<sup>5<\/sup> yet without sin.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> John 1:1; 10:30-36; Rom. 1:3; 9:5; Col. 1:15-17; 1 John 5:20 <sup>2<\/sup> Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 2:14 <sup>3<\/sup> Luke 1:35 <sup>4<\/sup> 2 Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11; Matt. 1:1; Luke 1:32; Rom. 1:3 <sup>5<\/sup> Phil. 2:7; Heb. 2:17 <sup>6<\/sup> Heb. 4:15; 7:26-27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. 36. What benefit do you receive from the holy conception and birth of Christ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. He is our Mediator,<sup>1<\/sup> and with his innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sin, in which I was conceived and born.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> 1 Tim. 2:5-6; Heb. 9:13-15 <sup>2<\/sup> Rom. 8:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 4:4-5; 1 Pet. 1:18-19<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotes from the Heidelberg Catechism are taken from Zacharias Ursinus &amp; Jonathan Shirk, <em>The Heidelberg Catechism<\/em> (Manheim: Small Town Theologian, 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Mennonites today seem to have not considered that Menno Simons had unorthodox views of Christ. Christians confess that Christ was &#8220;born of the virgin Mary.&#8221; This means, in part, that Jesus took on the human flesh from Mary his birth mother. Menno rejected this teaching. Consider the following post by Dr. R. 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