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te Studies 2 (1984): 43. 39. Ibid. 40. Ibid., 45 41. For background on the aberrations in the early Mennonite Brethren Church see John A. Toews, A History Of The Mennonite Brethren Church, 58-64, 42. Quoted in Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood In Russia, 206. 43- Ibid., 228-229- 330 ENDNOTES paRes 12-18 44. Ibid. For a more comprehensive report on the struggles which led 10 the withdrawal of the Brethren, consult Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood In Russia, 227-230, and John A. Toews, A History Of The Mennonite Brethren Church, 32-37. 45 Jakob P. Bekker, Origin of the Mennonite Brethren Church, 41-42. 46. Ibid., 43-46. 47. Sources to consult on the influence of pietism include Victor Adrian, "Bom of Anabaptism and Pietism," Mennonite Brethren Herald, 26 March 1965, 2-3; Robert Friedmann, Mennonite Piety through the Centuries (Scott dale, Pa.: Mennonite Pub- lishing House, 1949); Cornelius Krahn, "Pietism," Mennonite Encyclopedia, 176-179; A. J. Klassen, "Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith: Historic Roots and Compara- tive Analysis" (S.TM. dissertation, Union College of British Columbia, 1965). 48. Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood In Russia, 233-43, 262-82. 49. Ibid., 233-42; 244-62; 312-22; 327-38. 50. Odessaer Zeitung. Recall from memory, number and page not available at the lime. 51. Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood In Russia, 436. 52. Ibid., 436-48. 53- A. H. Unruh, Die Geschicbte der Mennoniten Brudergemeinde, 130-34. 54. Kreider, "Anabaptist Conception of the Church," 31. 55. Cornelius Krahn, "Some Social Attitudes of the Mennonites in Russia," Menno- nite Quarterly Review 9 (1935): 173. 56. Ibid., 174. CHAPTER 2 1. Robert Friedmann, The Theology of Anabaptism: An Interpretation, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 15 (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1973), 31. 2. A. H. Unruh, "Grundzuege der Theologie der Vaeter der M.B. Gemeinde," pa- per presented at a study conference of the Board of Reference and Counsel, 12-15 December 1956, General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Board of Ref- erence and Counsel records, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, Calif. 3. Peter M. Friesen, The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia, (1789-1910) [Alt-Evan- geliscbe Mennonitiscbe Bruderschaft in Russland ( 1 789-1910)], trans. J. B. Toews, Abraham Friesen, Peter J. Klassen and Harry Loewen (Fresno, Calif.: Board of Christ- ian Literature, General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1978), 230-32, 436-45. This first conference of Mennonite Brethren churches in June 1865 has sub- sequently come to be known as the "June