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The '''Anabaptists''' began as early as 1521 in Zwickau, [[Switzerland]]. Their doctrinal beliefs include:
The '''Anabaptists''' began as early as 1521 in Zwickau, [[Switzerland]]. Their doctrinal beliefs include:
* infant [[baptism]] is unbiblical and only adults should be baptized
* Infant [[baptism]] is unbiblical and only adults should be baptized
* there should be a restoration of primitive [[Christianity]] without oaths, capital punishment and a church hierarchy
* There should be a restoration of primitive [[Christianity]] without oaths, capital punishment and a church hierarchy
* congregations and communities should establish a new kingdom of [[God]]
* Congregations and communities should establish a new kingdom of [[God]]
* 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]] have descended from the [[Anabaptists]] has been disputed by the clergyman [[L. L. Clover]] in his book ''[[The Church: Her Origin, Purpose, Doctrine, and History]]''.
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. ...
"The fanatical Antibaptists ... were originally from [[Germany]], where ... they had made known their displeasure at the oppressions of the so-called feudal system ... at the time of the Reformation, sought in the new religion an augmented power and made the most shameful misuse of it ... The Antibaptists ought by no means to be considered the same as the Baptists. ...<ref>[[L. L. Clover]], ''[[The Church: Her Origin, Purpose, Doctrine, and History]]'', pp. 330-331</ref><ref>''Religious Denominations of the World'', pp. 564-567</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Protestantism]]
[[Category:Protestantism]]