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* '''Pacifism''' (non-resistance) The Anabaptists interpreted Jesus' command to love one's enemies (Matthew 5:43–45) as a real command, and they embraced His teaching that, because His kingdom was "not of this world," His disciples would not fight their enemies with the weapons of this world (John 18:36). They "resist not evil." They do not sue at law nor exact revenge. They also do not lobby or exact pressure on the government and willingly pay taxes.
* '''Pacifism''' (non-resistance) The Anabaptists interpreted Jesus' command to love one's enemies (Matthew 5:43–45) as a real command, and they embraced His teaching that, because His kingdom was "not of this world," His disciples would not fight their enemies with the weapons of this world (John 18:36). They "resist not evil." They do not sue at law nor exact revenge. They also do not lobby or exact pressure on the government and willingly pay taxes.
==History==
The Anabaptists were different from both their Protestant and Catholic brothers and often found themselves persecuted by other Christians. Many Anabaptists were [[martyr]]ed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They would survive the persecution, and added to their numbers, and some eventually migrated to North America. The most numerous Anabaptist immigrants were [[Mennonite]]s who took their name from an early Dutch Anabaptist leader named [[Menno Simons]]. The Amish and the [[Hutterites]] were two other Anabaptist groups that migrated to North America. The [[Brethren in Christ Church]] <ref>[http://www.bic-church.org/about/history.asp The Brethren in Christ Church Official Website]</ref> is a Christian church in the Anabaptist tradition.
The Anabaptists were different from both their Protestant and Catholic brothers and often found themselves persecuted by other Christians. Many Anabaptists were [[martyr]]ed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They would survive the persecution, and added to their numbers, and some eventually migrated to North America. The most numerous Anabaptist immigrants were [[Mennonite]]s who took their name from an early Dutch Anabaptist leader named [[Menno Simons]]. The [[Amish]] and the [[Hutterites]] were two other Anabaptist groups that migrated to North America. The [[Brethren in Christ Church]] <ref>[http://www.bic-church.org/about/history.asp The Brethren in Christ Church Official Website]</ref> is a Christian church in the Anabaptist tradition.
==See also==
==See also==