Anabaptism
Americannoun
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Anabaptism is a Christian movement dating back to 16th century Europe centered around a literal interpretation of Jesus' teachings and adult baptism.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2021
One of the best historians of the Reformation, Walter Köhler, calls Erasmus one of the spiritual fathers of Anabaptism.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
Still young, handsome, imbued with a fiery enthusiasm, actor by nature and even by choice, he has no small influence on the spread of Anabaptism in that city.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.
Hans Denck, though in his early period of activity closely identified with this movement and regarded as one of its chief leaders in Germany, does not properly belong, however, to the banyan-tree of Anabaptism.
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus Matthew Jones
What was Independency, what was Anabaptism, what was vague Antinomianism, compared with this heresy of the household, this loosening of the holy relation on which all civil society depended?
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
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