Protestantism

===Anabaptism===
{{Main|Anabaptism}}
Anabaptism traces its origins to the [[Radical Reformation]]. Anabaptists believe in delaying [[baptism]] until the candidate confesses his or her faith. Although some consider this movement to be an offshoot of Protestantism, others see it as a distinct one.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.cbc4me.org/articles/Baptist/04-McGrath.pdf | title = CBC 4 me | contribution = Neither Catholic nor Protestant | first = William | last = McGrath | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227060547/http://www.cbc4me.org/articles/Baptist/04-McGrath.pdf | archive-date = 27 December 2016 | df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | chapter-url = http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/15.html | title = The Anabaptists and the Reformation | chapter = 15 The Radicals of the Reformation | first = William | last = Gilbert | access-date = 4 June 2015 | archive-date = 6 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190106004243/http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/15.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The [[Amish]], [[Hutterites]], and [[Mennonites]] are direct descendants of the movement. [[Schwarzenau Brethren]], [[Bruderhof]], and the [[Apostolic Christian Church]] are considered later developments among the Anabaptists.

The name ''Anabaptist'', meaning "one who baptizes again", was given to them by their persecutors in reference to the practice of re-baptizing converts who already had been baptized as infants.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Anabaptist | title = Online Etymological Dictionary | orig-year = 2001 | year = 2010 | first = Douglas | last = Harper | contribution = Anabaptist | access-date = 25 April 2011 | archive-date = 6 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110806065325/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Anabaptist | url-status = live }}</ref> Anabaptists required that baptismal candidates be able to make their own confessions of faith and so rejected [[infant baptism|baptism of infants]]. The early members of this movement did not accept the name ''Anabaptist'', claiming that since infant baptism was unscriptural and null and void, the baptizing of believers was not a re-baptism but in fact their first real baptism. As a result of their views on the nature of baptism and other issues, Anabaptists were heavily persecuted during the 16th century and into the 17th by both [[Magisterial Reformation|Magisterial Protestants]] and Catholics. While most Anabaptists adhered to a [[Sermon on the Mount#Analysis and interpretation|literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount]], which precluded taking oaths, participating in military actions, and participating in civil government, some who practiced re-baptism felt otherwise.<ref group = "lower-alpha">For example, the [[Münster Rebellion|followers of Thomas Müntzer]] and [[Balthasar Hubmaier]].</ref> They were thus technically Anabaptists, even though conservative [[Amish]], [[Mennonites]], and [[Hutterites]] and some historians tend to consider them as outside of true Anabaptism. Anabaptist reformers of the Radical Reformation are divided into Radical and the so-called Second Front. Some important Radical Reformation theologians were [[John of Leiden]], [[Thomas Müntzer]], [[Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig|Kaspar Schwenkfeld]], [[Sebastian Franck]], [[Menno Simons]]. Second Front Reformers included [[Hans Denck]], [[Conrad Grebel]], [[Balthasar Hubmaier]] and [[Felix Manz]]. Many Anabaptists today still use the ''[[Ausbund]]'', which is the oldest hymnal still in continuous use.
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File:Dirk.willems.rescue.ncs.jpg|[[Dirk Willems]] saves his pursuer. This act of mercy led to his recapture, after which he was burned at the stake.
File:Lancaster County Amish 03.jpg|An [[Amish]] family in a horse-drawn square buggy in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States]]
File:Alexanderwohl-church.jpg|[[Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church]] in rural [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel, Kansas, United States]].
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