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The Anabaptist Vision (1944)
...ersonal vices, and in the common ritualistic and anti-Christian customs of baptism and of the Lord' s Supper, in disrespect for the divine word and in respect ...th" as it was with the reformers, but "following" (nachfolge Christi). And baptism, the greatest of Christian symbols, was accordingly to be for them the "cov

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Ecumenical Dialogue
From February of 2002 until March of 2004, topics included baptism, the Lord’s Supper, nonresistance and non-violence, pacifism and the Gosp ...m,_peace,_and_the_state_in_the_Reformed_and_Mennonite_Traditions,_1989.pdf|Baptism, Peace, and the State in the Reformed and Mennonite Traditions]]

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The Confession of Faith (P.J. Twisck, 1617)
...exist; and without this renewing neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, baptism nor Supper, nor any ceremonies, how-ever glorious they may appear, avail an ...tell whether infants become partakers of regeneration before, in, or after baptism; from which it is judged that the aforesaid persons treat of regeneration w

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Jeremiah
...aders such as Felix Manz introduced believers baptism, and rejected infant baptism, they were condemned to death. Manz was drowned in the Limmat River. Others ...llowed. Specifically, the baptism of adult believers was sanctioned; child baptism was not. Jesus taught love for enemies. Anabaptists interpreted this instru

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Mennonite Articles of Faith by Cornelis Ris (1766)
...(Matthew 12:33-35; John 15:8); since neither profession (Matthew 7:21) nor baptism, nor the Lord's Supper, nor any other outward act apart from regeneration c ===XXV. Of Water Baptism===

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Leadership and Authority in the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1981)
...itted. They have the authority to ordain, administer discipline, officiate baptism and communion services, as well as preach and teach. The bishop or elder ha ...responsible for exercising discipline, and have not regularly administered baptism, communion, and other ordinances. Nevertheless, preachers or ministers have

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