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* Opposition to war (pacifism)<ref>http://www.anabaptists.org/history/what.html</ref>

* Opposition to war (pacifism)<ref>http://www.anabaptists.org/history/what.html</ref>

The traditional view that modern [[Baptists]] are largely descendants of the [[Anabaptists]] has been strongly disputed by the clergyman [[L. L. Clover]] in his book ''[[The Church: Her Origin, Purpose, Doctrine, and History]]''. Quoting ''Religious Denominations of the World'', Clover writes:

The traditional view that modern [[Baptists]] are largely descendants of the Anabaptists has been strongly disputed by the clergyman [[L. L. Clover]] in his book ''[[The Church: Her Origin, Purpose, Doctrine, and History]]''. Quoting ''Religious Denominations of the World'', Clover writes:

"In church history, the name of Anabaptists is generally applied to a class of fanatical men who at the beginning of the Reformation in the 16th century, raised violent disturbances in the center of Europe and brought upon themselves a lasting odium. These men ... rejected the baptism of infants and baptized all who adopted their views, which were really more political than religious. These religio-political fanatics ... differed from the Baptists except in the single point of baptism. ...

"In church history, the name of Anabaptists is generally applied to a class of fanatical men who at the beginning of the Reformation in the 16th century, raised violent disturbances in the center of Europe and brought upon themselves a lasting odium. These men ... rejected the baptism of infants and baptized all who adopted their views, which were really more political than religious. These religio-political fanatics ... differed from the Baptists except in the single point of baptism. ...