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Anabaptist Internet Site Summaries By Gregory Bogin
Jr., Ayanna Byrd, Roy DuBose http://www.kenanderson.net/bible/anabaptists.html
The Anabaptist was a group of people who left the Christian Church in
order to search for a simpler life. They rejected the practice of
infant baptism, requiring that converts be re-baptized. In search of a
simpler way of worship they began to follow the New Testament Church.
There were several different groups within the Anabaptist; The
Muntizers who were lead buy Thomas Mutzer. The Hutterites who were lead
by Menno Simons later became known as the Mennonites. Jacob Amman who
broke away from the Mennonites had followers who were called Amish.
Anabaptist believed that only adults who had confessed their faith
should be baptized, and that they should remain separate from the
larger society. Catholics and Protestants killed many Anabaptists as
heretics. http://www.anabaptistnetwork.com/WhatIsAnabaptism.htm The Anabaptist Movement that began in the early 16th Century. Anabaptist place Jesus at the centre of there understanding of the Christian faith. The Anabaptist emphasis new birth and discipleship in the power of the Spirit, separate church and state, economic sharing, and New Testament Christianity. The different braches of the Anabaptist are the Swiss Brethren, the South German/Austrian Anabaptists, Dutch Mennonites and the communitarian Hutterites that were all mainly comprised of people from poor communities. The Anabaptist were pushed into hiding because of harassment. http://www.gty.org/~phil/anabapt.htm This website explains were how the Anabaptist meaning “re-baptizer" is often used to refer to all "Radical Reformers” and describes the Anabaptist five main beliefs: 1) Sola Scriptura 2) Separation of Church and State 3) Freedom of Conscience 4) Believers Baptism 5) Holiness of life. http://www.anabaptistchurch.org/anabaptsts_today.htm This website describes the Anabaptist original three unique theological beliefs of Believers baptism, Pacifism, and Community of good. It describes other theological and moral beliefs that the Anabaptist followed. It involves a brief summary of the churches history and talks about several groups who followed Anabaptist practices such as the Old Brethren and the Old Brethren German Baptist and those groups that exist today such as the Quakers and the Mennonites who were derived from the original Anabaptist. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen014456.htm Summary: This website is essential for understanding Anabaptists religious background and the success of the religious group in different locations. It provides a description of the meaning of the name and the groups doctrinal principles. There is a brief description of the Anabaptists origin and history that entails events that happened in Saxony and Thurinigia, Munster, Switzerland, and in England. http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/anabaptists.html This website describe the differences between the Anabaptist and Lutherans and other reformers, and the similarities between the Anabaptist and the early Christians. The Anabaptist were a group who set out to re-establish the primitive Christianity with in the church. They were the one group that reverted their views closet to the early Christians with many of their lessons coming from the Sermon of Mount. Unlike other reformers the Anabaptist were not involved in political or armed adventures, they abandoned the norms of the world and committed themselves to Christ and lived by his teachings. http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/A533ME.html This website clearly defines Anabaptism and gives the initial background of it theological practices. It describes the idea of Anabaptism in relation to the many reform movements at the time. It talks about the radical dissent of the Anabaptist and points out the differences between the Anabaptists and their adversaries. http://www.econi.org/LionLamb/019/Lion19n.html This website discusses the practical and spiritual principles of the Anabaptist from the 16th century until the present. The author breaks the major spiritual understanding of the scriptures into four categories: Function of the scripture, Word and Spirit, Understanding & Obedience, and The Word of God. It is further stated that they also have Hermeneutical principles, which also break down into four categories: Christocentrism, Relation of Old & New Testament, Bible illuminates itself, and Letter and Spirit. The Anabaptist interpret the world under the spirit of God and everyone is equal. http://www.Anabaptist.org The Anabaptist were the first group of the reformation to reject infant baptism and only allowed believers to get baptized. Since many were baptized as an infant they were re-baptized as an adult. The Anabaptist received their name from their enemies meaning the “re-baptizers”. The Anabaptist were created on January 21, 1525 in Switzerland, Zurich and later broke down into groups called the Mennonites, Amish, Dunkards, landmark Baptist, and the Hutterites. The Anabaptist who were scriptually orthodox fundamentalist used the Bible as their only rule for faith and life. They eventually came to America, Holland or Russia to escape torture. http://www.cob-net.org/anabaptism.htm The Anabaptist were executed by drowning, this mockingly called the third-baptism. A group called the Taufenjager hunted the Anabaptist. The Anabaptist were led by Conrad Grebel and Felix Mantz. Grebel was not ordained, which made the Anabaptist the only group to be lead by non-scholars and so-called intellectuals. The Anabaptist strongly believe that Faith was to be demonstrated through daily activity and that they were to avoid immorality at all costs. |
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