Radical Reformation
Beyond Luther's changes
The Radical Reformation was the sixteenth-century movement of Protestant groups who believed Luther and Calvin hadn't gone far enough in reforming Christianity.
These groups—including Anabaptists, Mennonites, and Hutterites—rejected infant baptism, state churches, and often military service.
They sought to restore what they saw as original New Testament Christianity, frequently facing persecution from both Catholics and mainstream Protestants. (Lowercase radical reformation refers to any fundamental overhaul.)
- Swiss BrethrenEarly Anabaptist movement
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- AnabaptistsAdult-baptism Protestant reformers
- HutteritesCommunal Anabaptist group
- Menno SimonsAnabaptist leader, denomination namesake
persecution · adult baptism · Münster · martyrdom · pacifism · rebaptism · Gelassenheit · inner light · nonviolence · communal living · simple living · plain dress · millenarianism · religious tolerance · eschatology · iconoclasm · separation of church and state · utopian ideals
- Religious MovementsMormons, Mormonism, Methodism, Calvinism, Adventists
- Swiss ReligionCalvinism, Swiss Brethren
Radical Reformationstate church
Government-recognized official religion
established church · Lutheranism · Calvinism · Anglicanism · Church of England
Radical ReformationRoman Catholicism
Papal Christian tradition
Catholic Church · Counter-Reformation · Council of Trent · religious conservatism · traditionalism
Radical ReformationWestminster Confession
Seventeenth-century Reformed statement