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Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, [1] from the Greek ἀναβαπτισμός: ἀνά 're-' and βαπτισμός 'baptism'; [1] German: Täufer, earlier also Wiedertäufer) [a] is a Christian movement which traces its origins to the Radical Reformation in the 16th century.
Anabaptist theology, also known as Anabaptist doctrine, is a theological tradition reflecting the doctrine of the Anabaptist Churches. The major branches of Anabaptist Christianity (inclusive of Mennonites , Amish , Hutterites , Bruderhof , Schwarzenau Brethren , River Brethren and Apostolic Christians ) agree on core doctrines but have nuances ...
An Anabaptist believed that one should be baptized when a conscious decision had been made to become a follower and believer in Jesus Christ. [3] While the popular view that Anabaptism is an offshoot of Protestantism is not inherently false, it fared a very different treatment from the Protestant states at the time since their followers had dissenting beliefs from mainstream reformers.
Dutch Anabaptism: Origin, Spread, Life and Thought (1450–1600), by Cornelius Krahn; The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism, by William Roscoe Estep ISBN 0-8028-0886-7; The Complete Writings of Menno Simons…, transl. by Leonard Verduin and ed. by John C. Wenger, with a biography by Harold S. Bender ISBN 0-8361 ...
The beliefs of the Schwarzenau Brethren include triple or trine immersion baptism, which provides that the candidate kneel in water and be immersed, face first, three times in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; [1] the New Testament as the infallible guide in spiritual matters; [1] communion service celebrated in the ...
Samuel Heinrich Fröhlich (Swiss Standard German: [ˈfrøːlɪç]; July 4, 1803 – January 15, 1857) was a Swiss Anabaptist evangelist, theologian, and the founder of the Evangelical Baptist Church, known as Neutäufer (New Anabaptists) in Switzerland and the Apostolic Christian Church in North America. His work contributed to the development ...
Officials killed many of the earliest Anabaptist leaders in an attempt to purge Europe of the new sect. [25]: 142 By 1530, most of the founding leaders had been killed for refusing to renounce their beliefs. Many believed that God did not condone killing or the use of force for any reason and were, therefore, unwilling to fight for their lives.
The Anabaptists regard their ideas as being based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, who, according to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 28, invited to make disciples in all nations and to baptize them in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. [12]