Michael Sattler authored this group's first declaration of faith, a collection of seven articles known as the "Brotherly Union."
Michael Sattler authored this group's first declaration of faith, a collection of seven articles known as the "Brotherly Union." According to letters of Conrad Grebel, the Lord's Supper was a sign of love among believers, the church was meant to be a suffering church, and Matthew 18:15 through 18 indicated the importance of witnessing to this denomination, whose early history was told by Thieleman J. van Braght in the Martyrs Mirror. An offshoot of this denomination developed in Moravia under Jakob Hutter, but their more famous leaders included John of Leiden and Menno Simons, who gave his name to another branch of this denomination, the Mennonites. FTP, identify this religious denomination which held that infants are not punishable for sin and thus emphasized adult baptism.
Michael Sattler authored this group's first declaration of faith, a collection of seven articles known as the "Brotherly Union."
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