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Originally Posted by Presbyterian Deacon  In 1525 Swiss Anabaptists broke with Zwingli.
1535 Anabaptists in Zurich were suppressed.
1537 Menno Simons became leader of the Dutch Anabaptists
1538 Efforts made to expell Anabaptists from England
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But NO "Baptist" activity prior to Zwingli. Sounds like a product of the Reformation to me.  |
Well I know many (well-read) baptists who would argue that the Anabaptists are not baptists at all: classical baptists arose from Puritanism not Anabaptism. The latter had a different view of baptism (despite believing it was only for adults), salvation, ethics, church, etc. etc.
As I understand it, the link between the Anabaptists may be there, but can't be historically proved from primary sources.