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6 matches to Anabaptists
Anabaptists. 1520- Christian sect. Adult baptism. No clergy. Salvation via faith. Millenialist. Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers. Peasants War.
Hutterites. 16C-. Communal Hungarian Anabaptist sect. 1870s moved to Western North America.
John of Leiden. 1509-36. Dutch leader of Anabaptist rebellion 1534.
Mennonites. 1536. Christian pacifist congregationalist sect based on Anabaptists but teaching conservatism.
Müntzer, Thomas. 1488-1525. Anabaptist founder 1520. Supremacy of inner light vs scripture. Peasant Revolt 1524. Executed.
Peasants’ War. 1524-6. Geneva Anabaptist peasants crushed by nobles and clergy. Muntzer.