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  Separation from disobedient members—the Church Ban. Non-Secrecy and Shunning of the Separated. The Resurrection of the Dead and the last Judgment. 

Portraits that have appeared in histories of our time represent Menno Simons as wearing a full beard, the whole scalp being covered by a closely fitting skull-cap like that long worn by the monks and friars of the mediaeval Church. In these portraits his personal attire shows him to be clothed in flowing robes that when standing reach to his feet.