• exported to neighboring countries.: 62  Today's Swiss Mennonite Conference can be traced to the Swiss Brethren. In 1525, Felix Manz, Conrad Grebel, George...
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  • from the Swiss Brethren movement. They generally argue that Anabaptism had its origins in Zürich and that the Anabaptism of the Swiss Brethren was transmitted...
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    Jakob Ammann (category Swiss Christian religious leaders)
    is known because of his prominent involvement in a schism among the Swiss Brethren that began in 1693. Until recent decades, he was often heavily blamed...
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    Conrad Grebel (category Swiss Protestant Reformers)
    Conrad Grebel (c. 1498 – 1526) was a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement. Conrad Grebel was born, probably in Grüningen in the canton of Zürich,...
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    The Schwarzenau Brethren, the German Baptist Brethren, Dunkers, Dunkard Brethren, Tunkers, or sometimes simply called the German Baptists, are an Anabaptist...
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  • were chief instigators of the movement of Polish Brethren. Some also fled to England and Switzerland, including Peter Vermigli. In 1532, the Waldensians...
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    Mennonite movement was a reform movement of Anabaptist origins begun by Swiss Brethren and soon thereafter finding greater cohesion based on the teachings...
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  • The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical Christian denomination with churches in 17 countries. It is Protestant, with an episcopal...
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  • Felix Manz (category Swiss Christian religious leaders)
    1527) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Reformation....
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  • Hutterian Brethren, originated from German, Swiss, and Tyrolean Anabaptists led by Jacob Hutter in the 1520s The Swiss Brethren, the name Swiss Anabaptists...
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  • the Swiss Brethren in 1525, as unrelated to the movement except for the influence on Thomas Müntzer and as being a dual foundation with the Swiss Brethren...
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    The River Brethren are a group of historically related Anabaptist Christian denominations originating in 1770, during the Radical Pietist movement among...
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  • literalism (like the Swiss Brethren), spiritualism (like the south German Anabaptists) and mainly absolute pacifism (like the Swiss Brethren, the Hutterites...
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    Amish (category Swiss-American culture)
    other and then to others. This Swiss movement, part of the Radical Reformation, later became known as Swiss Brethren. The term Amish was first used as...
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  • Hans Herr (category Swiss Mennonites)
    done in the 20th century has put this claim in doubt. He joined the Swiss Brethren (later called Mennonites) and became a bishop. He was the first Mennonite...
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    The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the...
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    The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the Schwarzenau Brethren tradition (German: Schwarzenauer Neutäufer "Schwarzenau...
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    The Plymouth Brethren or Assemblies of Brethren are a low church and Nonconformist Christian movement whose history can be traced back to Dublin, Ireland...
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  • Hans Reist (category Swiss Mennonites)
    Hans Reist (fl. 1670–1704) was an elder of the Swiss Brethren, an Anabaptist group. Nothing is known of Reist's background or birthplace. He was probably...
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    Prayer King James Version Anabaptism Theology Radical Reformation Grebel Swiss Brethren Müntzer Martyrs' Synod Menno Simons Smyth Martyrs Mirror Ausbund...
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    Sixty-seven Articles of the Swiss reformers, drawn up by Zwingli in 1523 The Schleitheim Confession of the Anabaptist Swiss Brethren in 1527 The Augsburg Confession...
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  • from the Calvinist ecclesia maior to form the ecclesia minor or Polish Brethren. These were commonly referred to as "Arians" due to their rejection of...
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  • (c. 1498–1527), co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Reformation...
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    Baptists, Calvinist/Reformed, Lutherans, Methodists, Moravians, Plymouth Brethren, Presbyterians, and Quakers. Nondenominational, charismatic and independent...
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    Mennonites, Swiss Brethren (also called Mennonites by the locals) and Amish but also Anabaptist-Pietists such as German Baptist Brethren and those who...
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    (inclusive of Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Bruderhof, Schwarzenau Brethren, River Brethren and Apostolic Christians) agree on core doctrines but have nuances...
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  • Prayer King James Version Anabaptism Theology Radical Reformation Grebel Swiss Brethren Müntzer Martyrs' Synod Menno Simons Smyth Martyrs Mirror Ausbund...
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    921 members (2022) Mennonite Church USA 100,000 members Church of the Brethren 87,181 members (2021) International Council of Community Churches 69,276...
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    Prayer King James Version Anabaptism Theology Radical Reformation Grebel Swiss Brethren Müntzer Martyrs' Synod Menno Simons Smyth Martyrs Mirror Ausbund...
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  • The Open Brethren, sometimes called Christian Brethren, are a group of Evangelical Christian churches that arose in the late 1820s as part of the Assembly...
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