Anabaptist/Baptist differences

[Facing East]

Yes, I agree, anabaptists are very much Protestant. There is no good reason to say they are not.

 

[Crazy Liz]

I've heard Baptists claim not to be protestant before, but not Anabaptists. The Anabaptist movement was part of the Radical Reformation.

 

[McDLT]

I've heard Baptists claim not to be protestant before, but not Anabaptists. The Anabaptist movement was part of the Radical Reformation.

It's true Anabaptists are not Protestants. Anabaptists did take part in some of the revolt, but they were already separated before Martin Luther.

 

[MrJim]

Is that something new? I'm not being sarcastic...is this a division that the Anabaptists have recently made?

Otherwise, Anabaptists are Protestants...in fact they were one of the earliest groups that grew out of Protestantism...

Hard to believe there is a 4th choice (protestant,catholic,orthodox being the other three) but get amongst the anabaptists and you'll find out. The anabaptists were considered the Radical Reformation (all of which wasn't good-there was also a violent anabaptist sect). True anabaptist/mennonite/brethren teachers clarify this very well.

I'm particularly thinking of an Old River Brethren teacher from Lancaster (PA) Mennonite High School that once addressed an audience of mennonites saying that "you are either Anabaptist or Protestant-you can't be both".