Pentecostal Aspects of Early Sixteenth-century Anabaptism

Pentecostal Aspects of Early Sixteenth-century Anabaptism
Author: Charles Hannon Byrd II
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532654766

Early-sixteenth-century radical Anabaptism emanated in Swiss protest during Huldrych Zwingli's protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Much like Luther, Zwingli founded his reform effort on the premise that the Bible was the sole arbiter of the Christian faith, sola scriptura, and the sufficiency of the shed blood of Christ for eternal salvation, sola fide. Based on these two principles, both Zwingli and Luther adopted the doctrine of the priesthood of the believer, which recognized every believer's Spirit-empowered ability to read and interpret the Bible. Radical adherents to Zwingli first rejected the idea of infant baptism, which Zwingli continued to practice. This led to the radical practice of the rebaptism of adults, which was subsequently labeled as Anabaptism. These Anabaptists also interpreted 1 Corinthians 12-14, Paul's description of the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as the biblical format for conducting proper church. This direction led Zwingli and the city of Zurich to outlaw the Anabaptists and their practices, which brought severe persecution and martyrdom.

Pentecostal Aspects of Early Sixteenth-century Anabaptism

Pentecostal Aspects of Early Sixteenth-century Anabaptism
Author: Charles Hannon Byrd
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153265474X

Early-sixteenth-century radical Anabaptism emanated in Swiss protest during Huldrych Zwingli’s protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Much like Luther, Zwingli founded his reform effort on the premise that the Bible was the sole arbiter of the Christian faith, sola scriptura, and the sufficiency of the shed blood of Christ for eternal salvation, sola fide. Based on these two principles, both Zwingli and Luther adopted the doctrine of the priesthood of the believer, which recognized every believer’s Spirit-empowered ability to read and interpret the Bible. Radical adherents to Zwingli first rejected the idea of infant baptism, which Zwingli continued to practice. This led to the radical practice of the rebaptism of adults, which was subsequently labeled as Anabaptism. These Anabaptists also interpreted 1 Corinthians 12–14, Paul’s description of the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as the biblical format for conducting proper church. This direction led Zwingli and the city of Zurich to outlaw the Anabaptists and their practices, which brought severe persecution and martyrdom.

The Anabaptist Story

The Anabaptist Story
Author: William R. Estep
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 1995-12-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467420905

Four hundred seventy years ago the Anabaptist movement was launched with the inauguration of believer's baptism and the formation of the first congregation of the Swiss Brethren in Zurich, Switzerland. This standard introduction to the history of Anabaptism by noted church historian William R. Estep offers a vivid chronicle of the rise and spread of teachings and heritage of this important stream in Christianity. This third edition of The Anabaptist Story has been substantially revised and enlarged to take into account the numerous Anabaptist sources that have come to light in the last half-century as well as the significant number of monographs and other scholarly works on Anabaptist themes that have recently appeared. Estep challenges a number of assumptions held by contemporary historians and offers fresh insights into the Anabaptist movement.

Even Unto Death

Even Unto Death
Author: John Christian Wenger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1961
Genre: Anabaptists
ISBN:

Becoming Anabaptist

Becoming Anabaptist
Author: J. Denny Weaver
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1987-05-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0836197712

When Becoming Anabaptist appeared in 1987, it was the first major study to incorporate the new history of multiple beginnings and a diverse Anabaptism into a synthesis of meanings for the late 20th century. J. Denny Weaver’s attempt was welcomed and widely acclaimed by scholars and by church leaders alike. In this second edition, Weaver provides a “masterful treatment of his beloved Anabaptist vision” (William Willimon, in the Foreword).

The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation

The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation
Author: Balázs M. Mezei
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 716
Release: 2021
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198795351

This Handbook offers a systemic approach to the notion of revelation in its various theoretical contexts. It provides in-depth coverage of the theoretical and historical fields in which the notion of revelation is discussed.

Anabaptists and the Sword

Anabaptists and the Sword
Author: James M. Stayer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2002-08-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 172520181X

Anabaptists and the Sword (1972; revised edn. 1976) is the first book to challenge the consensus, dating from the seventeenth century, that sixteenth-century Anabaptists were nonresistants, or Christian pacifists. While recognizing the importance of the nonresistance tradition among Anabaptists, the book gives equal attention to more militant elements in Anabaptism. It is also pioneering in giving attention to Anabaptist practice as well as Anabaptist teaching on this subject.