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On 21 January 1525, Conrad Grebel baptized George Blaurock at a gathering associated with Felix Manz in Zürich. This is a central starting point for Swiss Anabaptist history.
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Felix Manz was drowned in Zürich on 5 January 1527. His story is central to the memory of persecution among the Swiss Brethren.
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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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The account of Hans Landis in Martyrs’ Mirror shows that persecution of Swiss Anabaptists continued into the seventeenth century.
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Disagreements associated with Jakob Ammann in 1693 contributed to the emergence of the Amish from the Swiss Anabaptist tradition.
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Conrad Grebel participated in the Zürich circle and baptized George Blaurock at the 1525 gathering.
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