Who are the Anabaptists?

Answer 1

The Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist (opposed to infant baptism) denominations named after and influenced by the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons (1496 – 1561). Mennonites are committed to nonviolence, nonresistance, and pacifism.

Mennonite congregations worldwide embody the full scope of Mennonite practice from old-fashioned “plain” people to those who are indistinguishable in dress and appearance from the general population. There are many different groups who call themselves Mennonite, primarily because they refer back to their founding leader, Menno Simons, and their stance on nonviolence and pacifism.

Answer 2

Anabaptists were considered a Protestant reform group that started to show up in Europe just as Lutheranism was taking ahold in Germany. They broke away from Martin Luther and took a deeper look at their own beliefs and faith and formed their own path.

One of the main issues of disagreement with Luther was the belief of infant baptism. They do not believe in mandatory baptism for babies, feeling that people should be baptized as John the Baptist did so as adult believers. They backed this up with scriptures referring to the day of Pentecost.

They see themselves as Christians, but also as reformers feeling the reformers like Luther and Calvin didn't take reform far enough.

Grebel and Manz are considered the forefathers of the Anabaptist movement which began in Zurich.

There are other points of doctrine that Anabaptists reformed on, but I don't want this to be too lengthy of an answer.

The book I am using also lists Quakers, Mennonites, Baptists, Hussites and the Old Amish Order as branches of Anabaptism.

Answer 3

Just for clarification, the Anabaptists had nothing whatsoever to do with the modern Baptists. Just because they had similar names does not mean that they are the same thing!

The Anabaptists endoresed a number doctrines that were considered heretical by other Protestants. In Zurich, the Protestants tied Anabaptists in sacks and drowned them in lakes. In Germany, the Lutherans beat Anabaptists, confiscated their property and deported them. Any deported Anabaptists who returned to Germany were immediately executed. In Geneva, Calvinists stripped Anabaptists naked, beat them, confiscated their property, and the marched them out of the gates of the city. Of course, the Roman Catholics just burned them at the stake.

Answer 4

Many Christian groups have been called Anabaptist's. The term was first used during the Protestant reformation (Luther) in Germany. The word Anabaptist means "re-baptisers." The Anabaptist theory was children were not ready for baptism as in the Catholic church, so they were re-baptised in whatever Christian religious sect was doing the dunking.

Answer 5

The word is used to describe certain christians during the Reformation. They were baptized as children, but since anabaptists didn''t believe in being baptized as infants, they became baptized again as adutls. Hints the name--(baptized again).

Mennonites and Amish are considered to be Anabaptists.

Answer 6

The anabaptists came out of the Protestant Revolution. They were opposed to the idea of the baptism of infants, something the Catholic church supports. They are the beginnings of the modern baptists. The name was shortened.

Answer 7

Check this out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptist

Answer 8

I used to know a bunch about them, but i can't remember much now. I think they thrived during the reformation time. I know they believed in baptism by immersion. And if i remember right they had the same structure as Christ's church with 12 apostles and many other similarities.

Answer 9

They started in the 16th century in europe.
They do not believe in infant baptism.
They believe in believer's baptism.

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Answer 10

Mennonites and Amish basically..