Chapter 14 - Section 3

Describe the teachings of the Anabaptists. What does the word Anabaptist mean?

Believed only believers should be baptized and that believers should make a public confession of faith and objected to a close union between church and state. "Rebaptizer"

Calvinists

Christians of other denominations

Who brought the Reformation to Geneva and invited John Calvin to join him?

Guillaume Farel

Basel

John Calvin took refuge in this city where he undertook a detailed study of the Bible, the writings of early church fathers, and the works of Martin Luther

Who was the founder of the Mennonites? What other groups have been influenced by the Anabaptists? Which one is the largest?

Menno Simons. The Amish, Quakers, and Baptists. Baptists are the largest.

John Knox

Scottish Reformer who spent several years in exile in Geneva, called the city "the most perfect school of Christ"

What was the single most influential book of the Protestant reformation apart from the Bible?

The Institutes of the Chirstian Religion

Swiss Confederation

The cantons made up this

Who lead the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland?

Ulrich Zwingli

John Calvin

born in Noyon, France / associated with a group of Renaissance French scholars / committed to the Protestant Faith in 1533 / took refuge in the city of Basel, Switzerland where he undertook a detailed study of the Bible, the writings of early church fathers, and the works of Martin Luther / famous work was "The Institution of the Christian Religion", which was probably the single most influential book of the Reformation apart from the Bible

Conrad Grebel

led a group of Protestants in Switzerland (called themselves the Swiss Brethren