Philosophy 3020F/G Lecture : Anabaptists, Religious History
22 Mar 2012
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Since 1972 historians have come to understand there are factions within anabaptists. Thought that they were critically focused on rebuilding the church as the model in the new testament. They were more like the main line reformers the was originally suggested. Group of people who want to bring about whole sale change to the ecclesiastical landscape. They want to do it at a pace that is different than the other reformers (luther zwingli) They are by in large against infant baptism. They go back and read the new testament and it does not say that infant baptism is required. They have a literal interpretation of the bible. Believe and be baptized only adults can believe and since there is no express request for infant baptism they argue you are baptized as an adult. They believe they are completing luther and zwingli "s work. Two main lines of development: two cities wittenberg and zurich.
