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used to describe the inheritors of sixteenth-century anabaptist
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Swedish
Mennonite woman
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The term also includes
but is not limited to Hutterites and the Amish. After the initial turbulence
of the reformation, Mennonite belief and practice stabilized into a
fairly uniform pattern. The overarching ideal is the restoration of
apostolic purity as it is evident in the Bible. Mennonites practice
a voluntary congregationalism, pacifism, personal discipleship, congregational
discipline. Baptism is restricted
to professing believers and the Lord's
Supper is understood to be a memorial event.
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