(RNS) — Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation. A tradition that ...
If they refused to renounce their belief in adult baptism and most did the church drowned or beheaded the martyrs. It boiled them in oil. It burned them alive. Thousands of beleaguered Anabaptists ...
The simplest storyline puts the start on Jan. 21, 1525, in Zürich, Switzerland. A band of acquaintances made their way to the home of Anna Manz, mother of Felix, one of their number. For months, this ...
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2025 is a year of anniversaries. From the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed to the 80th anniversary of VE Day, there are many milestones to reflect on. Another one is the 500th anniversary of the ...
LANCASTER, Pa. — Some members of the Anabaptist community — including a group of local Amish men — have a message for the Jewish people. They're sorry. They expressed their sorrow in words and song ...
Rhoda Janzen's life is the stuff of a riveting, albeit unfortunate, tale. She survived a car crash, realized her husband was gay and sought refuge in her parents' Mennonite home for a string of ...
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has formally apologized for Lutheran persecution of Anabaptists in 16th-century Europe. A statement approved by the ELCA Church Council, the denomination’s ...
(UNDATED) In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and ...
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