# Anabaptism · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/anabaptism/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 073 Anabaptism The Radical Reformation; Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites 1525 CE – present · Abrahamic · Living · Originally Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands; now US, Canada, Latin America, Africa VI. REFORMATION & EARLY MODERN — 1500 – 1800 ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1525 CE First adult baptisms in Zurich. - 1527 CE Schleitheim Confession; Michael Sattler executed. - 1527 CE The Zurich council decrees drowning as the penalty for rebaptism — a deliberate mockery. - 1534–35 CE The Münster Rebellion. A militant apocalyptic faction seizes the city, institutes polygamy and community of goods under Jan van Leiden, and is destroyed with extreme brutality. Münster discredited Anabaptism across Europe for centuries and is the exception the pacifist mainstream has spent 500 years distancing itself from. - 1536 CE Menno Simons joins and rebuilds the movement on nonviolent lines. - 1693 CE Ammann's stricter group separates; the Amish begin. - 1683–1770s CE Migration to Pennsylvania at William Penn's invitation. - 1870s CE Mennonites move to the Russian steppe, then to Canada and the American plains, bringing hard winter wheat with them. - 1917–18, 1940–45 CE Conscientious objection in both world wars; Civilian Public Service. - 1972 CE Wisconsin v. Yoder — the US Supreme Court exempts Amish children from compulsory schooling past eighth grade. - 2006 CE After the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting, the Amish community publicly forgives the killer and attends his funeral, drawing worldwide attention. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door