Английская Википедия:Benjamin Eby
Bishop Benjamin Eby (2Шаблон:NbspMay 1785Шаблон:Snd28Шаблон:NbspJune 1853) was a Canadian minister, schoolteacher, farmer, author, and community leader. He was a pioneer of the Mennonite community in Canada [1][2][3] and a strong proponent of nonresistance.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Biography
Benjamin Eby was born in 1785 at a homestead on Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Шаблон:Sfn He emigrated to Upper Canada in 1806 and purchased a large tract of land in what would later become Kitchener, Ontario. [4][5] He became a Mennonite preacher in 1809, and by 1811[6] or 1813 Шаблон:Sfn had built a log Mennonite meeting house used as a school house and for religious services. He was Bishop from 1812 and was responsible for the growth of Mennonite Church Canada in Waterloo County.[7]
Eby authored numerous published works including a hymn book, catechism, several school texts, and a church history. His church history in particular demonstrated "the nonresistant stance and his belief that war is unacceptable in the Kingdom of God".Шаблон:Sfn
Eby encouraged manufacturers to his settlement known as "Ebytown". He is credited with encouraging the peaceful coexistence of Mennonites with the rest of the community, and promoted reconciliation and unity on an international scale as well.[8]Шаблон:Sfn
In his mid-forties, Eby's settlement was renamed from Ebytown to Berlin, and in the year of his death Berlin became the county seat of the newly created County of Waterloo, elevating it to the status of Village. (It was designated a city in 1912[9] and renamed as Kitchener in 1916.)
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