Anabaptism
Radical Reformation sect
Anabaptism is a Christian movement that emerged during the Protestant Reformation, distinguished by its rejection of infant baptism in favor of baptizing only adult believers who consciously choose the faith.
The name comes from a Greek word meaning "rebaptism," reflecting the practice of rebaptizing adults who had been baptized as infants.
Anabaptists typically emphasized separation of church and state, pacifism, and simple communal living.
Modern descendants include Mennonites, Amish, and Hutterites.
Early Anabaptist movement
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- HutteritesCommunal Anabaptist group
- AmishTraditional simple-living sect
- Radical ReformationThoroughgoing sixteenth-century Protestant movement
free church · dissenters · nonconformists · separatism · primitivism · apostolic · sectarianism · Münster
Antiwar moral stance
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- separationState of being apart
- communalismGroup-centered social organization
- ecclesiologyStudy of church theology
discipleship · Gelassenheit · ban · shunning · simple living · mutual aid · foot washing · love feast
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- Radical ReformationThoroughgoing sixteenth-century Protestant movement
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
indulgences · papacy · schism · predestination · state church · Christendom · reformers · dissent
State of being submerged
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
repentance · conversion · testimony · faith · regeneration · renewal · purification · cleansing
Suffering for conviction
- executionCompleting a planned task
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- burningCombustion in progress
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
trial · imprisonment · suffering · faithfulness · witness · steadfastness · conviction · sacrifice
Swiss Brethren
Early Anabaptist movement
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- HutteritesCommunal Anabaptist group
- AmishTraditional simple-living sect
Radical Reformation · free church · dissenters · nonconformists · separatism · primitivism · apostolic · sectarianism · Münster · Zurich
pacifism
Antiwar moral stance
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- separationState of being apart
- communalismGroup-centered social organization
ecclesiology · discipleship · Gelassenheit · ban · shunning · simple living · mutual aid · foot washing · love feast · free will
Protestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutherProtestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- Radical ReformationThoroughgoing sixteenth-century Protestant movement
Wittenberg · indulgences · papacy · schism · predestination · state church · Christendom · reformers · dissent · heresy
Menno Simons
Anabaptist leader, denomination namesake
immersion
State of being submerged
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
confession · repentance · conversion · testimony · faith · regeneration · renewal · purification · cleansing · ceremony
martyrdom
Suffering for conviction
torture · trial · imprisonment · suffering · faithfulness · witness · steadfastness · conviction · sacrifice · fugitives
Anabaptismestablished church
Officially recognized national religion
Roman Catholicism · Catholicism · Anglicanism · Eastern Orthodoxy · papacy