JAN MATTHYS

The goods to which he was referring were those that had been confiscated from all the town’s Lutherans and Roman Catholics who had been ethnically cleansed in a day. See {613804} and {613869}. He soon moved to communal ownership of all property. See {613869}.

Since all of God’s Truth was in the Bible, any other book was at best unnecessary and at worst blasphemous. The German practice of book burning seems to have started here in Munster. The exact same logic was used by Islamic Caliph Omar I in deciding to burn the great Library of Alexandria. See {627584}

Since all of God’s Truth was in the Bible, any other book was at best unnecessary and at worst blasphemous. The German practice of book burning seems to have started here in Munster. The exact same logic was used by Islamic Caliph Omar I in deciding to burn the great Library of Alexandria. See {627584}

The goods to which he was referring were those that had been confiscated from all the town’s Lutherans and Roman Catholics who had been ethnically cleansed in a day. See {613804} and {613869}. He soon moved to communal ownership of all property. See {613869}.