A

Fundamental Doctrine,

OR AN ACCOUNT OF

Excommunication, Ban, Exclusion,

OR

SEPARATION FROM THE CHURCH OF CHRIST;

ITS NATURE, POWERS, TO WHOM IT EXTENDS;

ITS REASONS, OBJECTS AND DESIGN, &c.- WHY IT WAS TAUGHT

AND PRACTICED BY THE APOSTLES, AND COMMANDED THAT WE SHOULD PRACTICE IT.

FAITHFULLY COMPILED FROM SACRED SCRIPTURES, FOR THE USE OF ALL

LOVERS OF THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL TRUTH, TO PROMOTE

CHRISTIAN PEACE WITHOUT RESPECT TO PARTY.

BY

MENNO SIMON.

"Be of one mind‑let nothing be done through strife or vain glory," Phil. 2:8.

"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ," 1 Cor. 8:11.

ELKHART, INDIANA:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN F. FUNK AND BROTHER.

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