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| Who were the Anabaptists? |
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| The reformists of the Radical Reformation. |
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| What did the Anabaptists advocate? |
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| Advocated adult baptism and believed that true Christians should not actively participate in or be governed by the secular state. |
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| What kind of citizens participated in this movement? |
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| Anabaptisism was especially attractive to peasants, weavers, miners ,and artisans. |
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| How did the churches choose their ministers? |
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| Each church chose its own minister who might be any member of the community, since all Christians were considered priests. |
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| How did the Anabaptists feel about holding political office? |
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| They believed that this act broke the commandment, "Thou shall not kill". |
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| What was something Protestants and Catholics agreed on during the Radical Reformation? |
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| They agreed on the need to persecute Anabaptists. |
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| Where did the early Anabaptists group known as the "Swiss Brethren" originate? |
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| After the Anabaptist movement was virtually stamped out in Germany, in which countries did the survivors emerge? |
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| They appeared in Moravia, Poland and the Netherlands. |
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| Which German city became a haven for Anabaptists in 1532? |
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| Munster became the haven. |
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| Eventually the leadership of Munster fell into the hands of whom? |
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| It fell into the hands of John Leiden. |
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