The Anabaptist Story
A Nonfiction, Religion, Church book. From the Geschichts-Buch comes a graphic account of those terrible days of suffering....
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From the Geschichts-Buch comes a graphic account of those terrible days of suffering.It was stated above that the year 1621 began with much tribulation.... I cannot tell what awful devilish things were perpetratedon many good, pious and honorable sisters ... , yea, on children, both boys and girls. Women with child and mothers on their deathbed as well as virgins were most outrageously attacked. The men were burned with glowing irons and red-hot pans; their feet were held in the fire until their toes were burned off; wounds were cut into which powder... If the Anabaptists teach us anything, it is that those who fear freedom and court the governments of this world in the interest of a more moral or "Christian" state are placing their faith in a broken reed. For the Anabaptists, there is only one way, the way of the cross, for the church to become "salt, light, and leaven" in any society and in every age. William R. Estep, The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism // Baptism, while necessary as the initial act of obedient discipleship, is also the indispensable sign of incorporation into the visible fellowship of believers. William Roscoe Estep, The Anabaptist Story //
This is a thorough history of the Anabaptists, often gone ignored or misunderstood: "Perhaps there is no other group within Christian history that has been judged as unfairly as the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century. theirs has been the lot of the widely misunderstood, deliberately misrepresented, or completely ignored."Their heritage... Hey.Hey. Are you awake?Nhhgrrble.Yeah, I can't sleep either.Whadja wanme to doaboutit.Talk to me. Something that'll make me sleepy. Tell me about that boring book you're reading about Anglophobists.Anabaptists.Them. What did they do, then?Oh my godit's it's three o'clock in the morning.Oh come on.All right, but it's not gonna be as... O.K. -- Recognizing first of all that the book is an introduction to the subject, Estep's book still feels a bit shallow for what it is trying to do. I came out of the book knowing many of the major figures, developments, and characteristics of the movement, but not knowing them well. In other words, the book is a bit foggy. Maybe down...
