Anabaptist Church History
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Schleitheim

The 1527 gathering at Schleitheim produced seven articles of agreement for Anabaptist church life.

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The Schleitheim Articles connect this place with Michael Sattler and the Swiss Brethren. The articles address baptism, the ban, breaking of bread, separation, shepherds, the sword, and oaths.

The place page connects the agreement with its people and related source accounts. Its date identifies the Anabaptist gathering rather than the age of the town.

Sources for this history: [1] [2]

References

  1. Mennonite World Conference: the first baptisms
  2. Supplied timeline photograph 9375

People in this history

Michael Sattler

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Swiss Brethren

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24 February 1527event

The Schleitheim Articles

The Schleitheim Articles set out seven points of agreement for a gathered Anabaptist community, including baptism, communion, church discipline, and refusal of the sword.

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Michael Sattler

Michael Sattler is associated with the seven Schleitheim Articles of 1527, which address baptism, church discipline, the breaking of bread, separation, shepherds, the sword, and oaths. They set out a shared order of discipleship for the gathered brethren.

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Swiss Brethren

The Swiss Brethren emerged in the context of the Zürich baptisms and early Swiss Anabaptism. Later Swiss Mennonite and Amish histories share this background.

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Scripture and Anabaptist convictions

Believers’ baptism, discipleship, brotherly love, a gathered church, and nonresistance stand at the center of this history.

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