being formed. The governments of western Europe were in control of the Catholic

Church. Catholic priests were becoming corrupt and immoral. People, mostly layman

began seeking out other forms of spirituality. These people were called Protestants

because of their opposition to the pope and his party. People like Martin Luther and

Urlich Zwingli separated themselves from the Catholic Church for both political and

spiritual reasons (Baergen 4). The new fellowship, led by a man named Conrad Grebel,

was formed primarily for spiritual freedom; to give men and women the opportunity to

follow Jesus according to the bible. This group who rejected infant baptism was named

The Anabaptists had radical beliefs for those of their day. They rejected infant

baptism with the feeling that one should be baptized when they are an adult and capable

of making the decision to follow Jesus, this is sometimes referred to as “believers

baptism” (Kauffman 2). Although this was the major controversy of Anabaptists, there

were other strong beliefs that set them apart. They stood for a complete separation of

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