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(Created page with "'''Anabaptism''' (from Neo-Latin anabaptista,<ref name= OED /> from the Greek {{lang |grc|ἀναβαπτισμός}}: {{lang|grc|ἀνά}} 're-' and {{lang|grc|βαπτισμός}} 'baptism';<ref name= OED /> {{langx|de|Täufer}}, earlier also {{lang|de|Wiedertäufer}})<ref group= "lower-alpha">Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term {{lang|de|Wiedertäufer}} (translation: "Re-baptizers"), consid...") |
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'''Anabaptism''' (from [[Neo-Latin]] | '''Anabaptism''' (from [[Neo-Latin]] ''anabaptista'') is a [[List of Christian movements|Christian movement]] which traces its origins to the [[Radical Reformation]] in the 16th century. Anabaptists believe that [[baptism]] is valid only when candidates freely confess their faith in Christ and request to be baptized. Commonly referred to as [[believer's baptism]], it is opposed to [[infant baptism|baptism of infants]], who are not able to make a conscious decision to be baptized. | ||
The early Anabaptists formulated their beliefs in a [[Creed|confession of faith]] in 1527 called the [[Schleitheim Confession]]. Its author [[Michael Sattler]] was arrested and executed shortly afterward. Anabaptist groups varied widely in their specific beliefs, but the Schleitheim Confession represents foundational Anabaptist beliefs as well as any single document can.<ref name="Bruening2017">{{cite book|last= Bruening|first=Michael W.|title= A Reformation Sourcebook: Documents from an Age of Debate|year=2017|publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn= 978-1-44263570-8|page=134|quote= In 1527, [[Michael Sattler]] presided over a meeting at Schleitheim (in canton Schaffhausen, on the Swiss-German border), where Anabaptist leaders drew up the Schleitheim Confession of Faith (doc. 29). Sattler was arrested and executed soon afterwards. Anabaptist groups varied widely in their specific beliefs, but the Schleitheim Confession represents foundational Anabaptist beliefs as well as any single document can.}}</ref><ref name= "Hershberger2001">{{cite book|last= Hershberger |first=Guy F. |title= The Recovery of the Anabaptist Vision |date=2001|publisher= [[Wipf & Stock Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-57910600-3 |page= 65|quote=The Schleitheim articles are Anabaptism's oldest confessional document.}}</ref> | The early Anabaptists formulated their beliefs in a [[Creed|confession of faith]] in 1527 called the [[Schleitheim Confession]]. Its author [[Michael Sattler]] was arrested and executed shortly afterward. Anabaptist groups varied widely in their specific beliefs, but the Schleitheim Confession represents foundational Anabaptist beliefs as well as any single document can.<ref name="Bruening2017">{{cite book|last= Bruening|first=Michael W.|title= A Reformation Sourcebook: Documents from an Age of Debate|year=2017|publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn= 978-1-44263570-8|page=134|quote= In 1527, [[Michael Sattler]] presided over a meeting at Schleitheim (in canton Schaffhausen, on the Swiss-German border), where Anabaptist leaders drew up the Schleitheim Confession of Faith (doc. 29). Sattler was arrested and executed soon afterwards. Anabaptist groups varied widely in their specific beliefs, but the Schleitheim Confession represents foundational Anabaptist beliefs as well as any single document can.}}</ref><ref name= "Hershberger2001">{{cite book|last= Hershberger |first=Guy F. |title= The Recovery of the Anabaptist Vision |date=2001|publisher= [[Wipf & Stock Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-57910600-3 |page= 65|quote=The Schleitheim articles are Anabaptism's oldest confessional document.}}</ref> | ||