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The Anabaptist Understanding of the Separation of the Church

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Walter Klaassen
Walter Klaassen
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Professor of history in Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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It is the purpose of this paper to determine whether Anabaptists were schismatics as was charged, to do this in the context of Protestant and especially Reformed attitudes towards Catholics, other Protestants and Anabaptists, and to describe the reasons for the separation of Anabaptism from Protestantism. The discussion will be limited primarily to the Anabaptists who had conversations with the Reformed tradition during the years 1523–1540. Much in the position of this segment of Anabaptism will apply to other parts of the movement as well.

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Church History , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , December 1977 , pp. 421 - 436
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1977

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