# Of A Certain Decree Which Those Of Zuerich Published Against The Anabaptists, A. D. 1525.

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At this time not only the papists, but also the
Zwinglians or so-called Reformed in the city of
Zuerich laid their hands on the innocent and defenseless
flock of Christ; yet not, as far as we can
learn, punishing them with death, or depriving them
of life by the executioner, but confining them under
severe imprisonment, until ultimately, as may be
inferred, death followed.

However, in order to determine from this time
on, what course was to be pursued in this matter,
the magistrate of said city ordained, among other
things, the following:

“Therefore we ordain and will, that henceforth
all men, women, youths, and maidens forsake Anabaptism,
and practice it no longer from this time
on, and that they have their infants baptized; and
whosoever shall act contrary to this public edict,
shall, as often as it occurs, be fined one mark silver;
400
and if any should prove utterly disobedient and
obstinate, they shall be dealt with more severely;
for we shall protect the obedient, and punish the
disobedient according to his deserts, without bearing
with him any longer. Let every one act accordingly.
All this we confirm by this public document,
sealed with the seal of our city, and given on St.
Andrew’s day, A. D. 1525.”

Compare Chron. van den Ondergang, page 1010,
col. with Henr. Bull. against the Anabaptists, lib. 1,
cap. 5, 6; also the open letter of the council of Zuerich,
published A. D. 1525.

The Zwinglian church at Zuerich, where this decree
was made, was at this time only about five
years old, and was itself also subjected to the hatred
and persecution of the papists; certainly a lamentable
matter, that those who had but a short time
before purified themselves in many respects from
the leaven of popery and were opposed to the tyranny
of the Pope, should nevertheless continue, in
this respect, united with the papists; that is, in persecuting
others who did not have the same faith
with them.

Still, it would have been well if they had stopped
with this decree, since with one mark of silver one
could have atoned for the first offense in neglecting
to baptize a child. But this was not the end of it, as
a few years later, especially in A. D. 1530, when
they became a little bolder, they decreed, that the
so-called Anabaptists should be punished with death,
which we shall show in its proper place.



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