Anabaptist facts for kids

Anabaptists are Protestant Christians. The word anabaptism comes from the Greek language, meaning "to baptize again". The followers of these movements hold that people should be baptized after they are believers. This is called believer's baptism. Infants, by their doctrine, can not be validly baptized, as they cannot decide how they want to achieve salvation.

They arose as part of the Radical wing of the Reformation of 16th century Europe. The best-known Anabaptists today are the Mennonites, the Amish, and the Hutterites.

Images for kids

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  Twelve Articles of the Peasants pamphlet of 1525

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  Dissatisfaction with the outcome of a disputation in 1525 prompted Swiss Brethren to part ways with Huldrych Zwingli.

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  Menno Simons

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  Thomas Müntzer led the German peasants against the landowners

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  Birching of Anabaptist martyr Ursula, Maastricht, 1570; engraving by Jan Luyken from Martyrs Mirror

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  The burning of a 16th-century Dutch Anabaptist, Anneken Hendriks, who was charged with heresy.

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  Memorial plate at Schipfe quarter in Zürich for the Anabaptists executed in the early 16th century by the Zürich city government

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  Evangelical Mennonite Church in Altkirch, Association of Evangelical Mennonite Churches of France.

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  Praise team at The Meeting Place in Winnipeg, Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.

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  Amish children on their way to school

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  Goshen College Library in Goshen, Indiana, Mennonite Church USA.

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  Dirk Willems saves his pursuer. This act of mercy led to his recapture, after which he was burned at the stake. .

See also

In Spanish: Anabaptismo para niños