The Schleitheim Articles were probably drafted by Michael Sattler, a Swiss anabaptist. The seven articles concern: baptism, the ban, the breaking of the bread, the believer's separation from the world, the ministry and the congregation, use of the sword, the taking of oaths. As a whole, the articles express the primary beliefs of the Swiss and south German anabaptists. With respect to the Protestant pluralism of the era, the articles express anabaptist convictions in relation to the extreme spiritualism of one wing of the radical reformation, on the one hand, and to the conservative reformation, on the other hand. The Schleitheim Articles were widely circulated, and both John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli published responses to these articles.