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Baptists generally believe:

Individual soul liberty (Rom 14:5-12)



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See Wikipedia for a more detailed history.

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ana means 'again', not 'for'. The Anabaptists believed that anyone who had been baptised as an infant needed to be rebaptised. –  curiousdannii Nov 20 '14 at 6:06

Technically, the Baptists were not a part of the Reformation because like those of Luther, Calvin and Zwingli, the Baptists were never a part of the Catholic church. They never left the Catholic church because they were never in it. They were around long before the Reformation. Originally, they were known as Montanist's. This was around 150 AD. The Montanists were persecuted by the Roman ruled regions, fed to the lions, ect. Then they were known as Novatians 200AD-305AD. Same thing here, because they believed in things like baptism for believers only, and only praying to Jesus, they were persecuted and killed. When the Catholic Church was founded by Emperor Constantine around 300AD, they started hunting down these "heresy" cult people for not following the new Church. In 306AD they changed again to the Dontanist and then a few hundred years later they were referred as Albigenses. In 1170AD they were called Waldensians. They were most popular at this time, but still were not accepted by mainstream. Through the "dark ages" they were hunted down and killed. Even Martin Luther took part in this after the Reformation. Around the time of the Reformation they were known as Ana-baptists. This is actually a slang term given to them by those of the Catholic church, including Luther. When they were found, Luther and others would drown them, making fun of them because the had been "rebatized" You could search "third baptism drowning" and find out more on this. They would be called as they are known now as the Baptist Church in 1638. Technically they were the original church of the Apostles around 300 years before the Catholic church was invented. The thought that the Baptist church is part of the protestant sect is way off and even the protestant faith clashes very much in doctrine from the Baptist church. God Bless http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer's%20Corner/why_baptists_are_not_protestants.htm http://bible-truth.org/BaptistHistory.html#002

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As a Baptist minister with an M.Div from a Baptist seminary and a keen interest in Baptist history, I have to say, you've drunk the Kool-Aid. You started well by admitting the Anabaptist Reformation was different than the Lutheran one - but then you bought into a very discredited "Trail of Blood" rehetoric. We Baptists can trace our lineage through Menno Simmons and John Smythe - but not the Montanists. We aren't a remnant, we are reformation, too... –  Affable Geek Nov 20 '14 at 16:51
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To echo what Affable Geek said, I've heard this before, but never seen it supported well. If you can demonstrate the link between the groups you've listed, please do edit that in. –  fredsbend Nov 20 '14 at 18:29
Even if there were some non-Catholic baptists, huge numbers of baptists did come out of the reformation! –  curiousdannii Nov 21 '14 at 0:02
You know, I commented on the Trail of Blood before I followed the link. I called it!!!! –  Affable Geek Nov 21 '14 at 2:30

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