The Anabaptists were people who claimed to be carrying out the teachings of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.Anabaptists did not believe in infant baptisms.They believed that a person should not be baptized until they were an adult.Anabaptists believed in a separation between the church and the state.Also Anabaptists did not take an oath when they entered a public office.They were not open to outsiders and did not seek to convert many people.The church elders could shun nonbelievers from the church.The Anabaptists led a simple life and advocated for social and economic reforms.Thomas Muntzer(picture to the left) was an Anabaptist who believed in divine salvation from dreams and visions.Munzter took control of a city in North Germany for sixteen months.But after the pope recaptured the city a hundred men, children, and women were dead.Because of this event and the Anabaptists being know as extremists two groups broke off and formed in groups.The Mennonites founded by Menno Simons and the Moravian Societies by Jakob Hutter.To this day some Anabaptist or a form of Anabaptist can be found.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Anabaptist Reformation
The Anabaptists were people who claimed to be carrying out the teachings of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.Anabaptists did not believe in infant baptisms.They believed that a person should not be baptized until they were an adult.Anabaptists believed in a separation between the church and the state.Also Anabaptists did not take an oath when they entered a public office.They were not open to outsiders and did not seek to convert many people.The church elders could shun nonbelievers from the church.The Anabaptists led a simple life and advocated for social and economic reforms.Thomas Muntzer(picture to the left) was an Anabaptist who believed in divine salvation from dreams and visions.Munzter took control of a city in North Germany for sixteen months.But after the pope recaptured the city a hundred men, children, and women were dead.Because of this event and the Anabaptists being know as extremists two groups broke off and formed in groups.The Mennonites founded by Menno Simons and the Moravian Societies by Jakob Hutter.To this day some Anabaptist or a form of Anabaptist can be found.
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I find the Anabaptists very interesting, because unlike most denominations during this time of Reformations, they did not try to convert others. In fact, they shunned outsiders.
I also researched on Anabaptists and I learned that they were very independent in their own religion. They set their own beliefs that made them different from others and helped them to stand apart.
You said that they claimed to carry out the teachings of Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli. I thought that their beliefs were separate from those groups...
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