At 10:57 AM 10/12/99 -0500, Dennis Martin wrote (abbreviated):
>I do not think Servetus should be classified as an Anabaptist without
>considerable qualification. . . .
>
>So Stayer concluded that the only common marker that makes any sense
>is restricting baptism to adults, which, of course, is where the name
>came from. By this criterion I don't believe Servetus would be
>considered an Anabaptist, but I don't know for sure what his position
>was on baptism.
I agree with Stayer. Anabaptist is an umbrella term covering a wide range
of beliefs. But Servetus believed baptism was best at age 30 in literal
imitation of Christ. So he meets that defining criterion.
>This is more than anyone probably wanted to know about Anabaptism,
>but it just grew like Topsy.
On the contrary. I found it fascinating. Thanks!
Maeve
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