Lecture 3

Question 1

Zwingli’s (False) Accusations against the

Anabaptists

Answer 1

• That there should be no Christian magistracy.
• That all things should be held in common.
• That the saints are secure in not being able to sin following (re)baptism.
• That they were prepared to resist by force.

Question 2

Balthasar Hubmaier’s Theological Persuasions

Answer 2

• Eighteen Articles (1524)
• Concerning Heretics and Those Who Burn Them
(1524) on religious liberty.
• The Christian Baptism of Believers (1525)
• Twelve Articles on Christian Belief (1526)
•On the Sword (1527) a rejection of pacifism.

Question 3

Hubmaier’s 5 kinds of baptism

Answer 3

Baptism in water
Baptism for a change of life
Baptism in Spirit and fire
Baptism to be reborn
Baptism in the name of the triune God