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...