In search of the Swiss Brethren
In a 2013 Mennonitisches Lexikon article on the "Swiss Brethren" (Schweizer Briider), historian Martin Rothkegel described the group as a collective denominational movement originating outside Switzerland, visible as a separate baptizing "denomination" first in Moravia and the Pa...
| Published in: | The Mennonite quarterly review |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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The Mennonite quarterly review
Year: 2016, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 421-515 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBC Switzerland KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
Rothkegel, Martin
B Mennonites History B Anabaptists History 16th century |
| Summary: | In a 2013 Mennonitisches Lexikon article on the "Swiss Brethren" (Schweizer Briider), historian Martin Rothkegel described the group as a collective denominational movement originating outside Switzerland, visible as a separate baptizing "denomination" first in Moravia and the Palatinate in the 1540s. This essay explores the viability of this surprising and novel definition by first examining the historical foundations that are presented in its support. After entering caveats and cautions, the essay then moves to establish the confessional boundaries that mark the movement others began calling the "Swiss Brethren." This confessional movement, the sources make clear, was present, but did not "originate," in the 1540s in the Palatinate. The confessional movement others called the "Swiss Brethren" can be traced back to beginnings in Switzerland with the appearance of the Schleitheim Articles of 1527, as historians prior to 2013 have generally maintained. From Switzerland, the separatist "Swiss Brethren" confessional movement moved with refugees and missionaries into South Germany and Moravia. The essay then explores the evidence for the influence, or lack of influence, of the separatist Swiss Brethren confession on the evolution of the nascent communal movements in Moravia, namely among the Austerlitz Brethren, the Gabrielites, the Philippites, and the Hutterites. In the end, this search for the "Swiss Brethren" confessional movement finds them not far from where, prior to 2013, historians thought they resided, but now defined with additional confessional and historical nuance. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-9373 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Arnold Snyder's "In search of the Swiss Brethren" (2016)"
Kritik in "Arnold Snyder's "In search of the Swiss Brethren" (2016)" Kritik in "Arnold Snyder's "In search of the Swiss Brethren" (2016)" |
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