In the wake of the Reformation, the radical reformers (the Anabaptists) emphasized a pure church - they wanted a church that consisted exclusively of regenerate people who lived holy lives. Calvin, Luther, Ursinus, and other such reformers quickly distanced themselves from this unbiblical view of the church. Today too some people withdraw from the church …
The Anabaptists and Luther
What did the Anabaptists of the radical reformation generally think of Luther and the Reformers? Not much. In a letter from Conrad Grebel to Thomas Muntzer (from 1524), Grebel wrote that between the Romanists and the Reformers (which he called "the pope and antipapal preachers"), "there is grosser and more pernicious error now than ever …
Zwingli on Infant Baptism in the OT
The early Reformer Huldreich Zwingli wrote a helpful treatise against early baptists. The title of this treatise (which made me chuckle at first) is Refutation of the Tricks of the Catabaptists. Though Zwingli isn't always the best to read, in my opinion, this tract is more than worthwhile. For example, he uses Paul's discussion in 1 Cor 10.1-2 (our …
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