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	Mennonite Confession of Faith; Introduction
		The Mennonite Church, organized in North America in 1898 by several regional conferences of Swiss-South German background, has recognized a number of confessions: the Schleitheim Articles (Switzerland, 1527), the Dordrecht Confession (Holland, 1632), the Christian Fundamentals (1921), and the Mennonite Confession of Faith (1963).
		The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective was adopted at the delegate sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, meeting at Wichita, Kansas, July 25-30, 1995.
		Further, the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective is commended to all Christian churches and to those of other faiths or no faith, that they may seriously consider the claims of the gospel of Jesus Christ from this perspective.
	www.mennolink.org /doc/cof (765 words)

	Schleitheim Confession
		The Schleitheim confession does not give a complete summary of Christian faith, but treats only of the unique emphases of the evangelical Anabaptists of that era or perhaps of the points which were particularly challenged, either by the opponents or by erring brethren within.
		McGlothlin in Baptist Confessions of Faith (Philadelphia, 1911) 3-9 is a translation of the inadequate Latin form of the articles as given by Zwingli in the Elenchus of 1527, which is a translation from a German manuscript copy.
		Schleitheim's teaching on the sword and the oath (articles 6 and 7) became increasingly normative in the Mennonite and Hutterite traditions, but the articles themselves seem not to have been preserved in a confessional sense: there is no obvious direct line of descent from Schleitheim to the later Mennonite confessions such as Dordrecht.
	www.gameo.org /encyclopedia/contents/S345ME.html (935 words)

	Essay: The Confessional History of House Churches
		Many of the articles in the Schleitheim Confession may seem extreme to modern eyes, but each is based on their reading of the New Testament.
		The document emerged from a conference in the Swiss border town of Schleitheim, and is thus called the Schleitheim Confession.
		The details of the confession give historians an understanding of their faith, but it is the manner that the document was written that is, perhaps, the most significant aspect of this confession.
	www.hccentral.com /gkeys/confess.html (764 words)

	Schleitheim Confession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Schleitheim Confession (also known as the Brüderliche Vereinigung or the Schleitheim Brotherly Union) has come to be recognized as a watershed articulation of certain Swiss Anabaptist distinctives.
		While Schleitheim's immediate influence on the Anabaptism of the Swiss and South German areas is undeniable, the historical connections linking Schleitheim to the later confessional tradition have yet to be clarified.
		Schleitheim's teaching on the sword and the oath (articles 6 and 7) became increasingly normative in the Mennonite and Hutterite traditions, but the articles themselves seem not to have been preserved in a confessional sense: there is no obvious direct line of descent from Schleitheim to the later Mennonite confessions such as Dordrecht.
	www.mhsc.ca /encyclopedia/contents/S345ME.html (338 words)

	What Anabaptist-Mennonite Confessions of Faith Say
		Confessions are formulated by church leaders over a period of time and are then tested and accepted by ministerial groups and/or congregations and/or conferences on behalf of the church members.
		Confessions of Faith serve as agreed-upon interpretations and points of emphasis for a duration of time; that is, until superceded by a subsequent Confession.
		The Schleitheim text was copied liberally and made readily available in Hutterite communities.(p.279) It had a strong influence on Peter Riedemann’s Hutterite Confession of Faith, formulated between the years 1543 and 1545, a decade and a half after the Schleitheim Confession.
	www.peacetheology.org /papers/harder.html (6283 words)

	Mennonite Life - March 2006 - Jost and Kotva response
		Fransen claims that the Schleitheim Confession is "the core document establishing Anabaptist principles on the relation between Christians and the state," and Fransen correctly notes that Schleitheim confessed a very dim view of the state's potential.
		Schleitheim represented a uniquely antagonistic position among Anabaptist writings addressing the Christian's relationship to the state.
		Schleitheim adopted this position in response to the violent antagonism of the state to the Swiss-German sixteenth century Anabaptists.
	raven.bethelks.edu /mennonitelife/2006Mar/jost_and_kotva_response.php (1941 words)

	IGE: Theologies of Peacemaking
		The Schleitheim Confession, adopted by the Swiss Brethren in 1527, establishes the theological groundwork for Anabaptist-style pacifism.
		The Schleitheim Confession teaches that the church, as the body of Christ, is called to imitate Jesus and follow his teachings.
		According to the Schleitheim Confession, while it is possible for individuals to escape the coming divine wrath by leaving the world and joining the church, the world itself seems to be a lost cause.
	www.globalengage.org /media/article.aspx?id=2438 (1783 words)

	Confession of Faith Information
		A Confession of Faith is a statement of doctrine very similar to a creed, but usually longer and polemical, as well as didactic.
		Confessions of Faith are in the main, though not exclusively, associated with Protestantism.
		the Baptist Confession of 1689 which had much in common with the Westminster Confession, but differed from it on a number of distinctions held important by the English Calvinistic Baptists.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Confession_of_Faith (212 words)

	Links zur Confession Begriff
		Anabaptists: The Schleitheim Confession, adopted by a Swiss Brethren conference in February 24, 1527.
		In 1566 the text of this confession was revised at a synod held at Antwerp.
		A Confession gives insight into Tolstoy's thinking as he began to forever change his ideas and actions and develop his radical philosophy.
	www.suchoracle.de /suchoracle/Confession.php (125 words)

	Schleitheim Confession (Anabaptist, 1527)
		Schleitheim Confession (Anabaptist, 1527): a GAMEO Source Document
		Everything which you have done unknowingly and now confess to have done wrongly, is forgiven you, through that believing prayer, which is offered among us in our meeting for all our shortcomings and guilt, through the gracious forgiveness of God and through the blood of Jesus Christ.
		Watch out for all who do not walk in simplicity of divine truth, which has been stated by us in this letter in our meeting, so that everyone might be governed among us by the rule of the ban, and that henceforth the entry of false brothers and sisters among us might be prevented.
	www.gameo.org /encyclopedia/contents/S345-Text.html (3478 words)

	Christian Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms: Menu Page
		In the Christian Church, creeds (or symbols), or confessions as they are sometimes called in later church history, are an attempt to summarize in formal statements the basic or essential beliefs of Christians or a group of Christians, what a particular group believes and teaches as truth.
		The first creeds of the Christian Church are called ecumenical creeds because they were decided upon in church councils that represented the entire church at the time before the church permanently spilt into Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Roman) factions in AD 1054.
		The Confession of Cyril Lucaris, Eastern Orthodox (1629)
	www.cresourcei.org /creeds.html (684 words)

	Mennonite
		Baptism of believers understood as threefold: Baptism by the spirit (internal change of heart), Baptism by water (public demonstration of witness), and baptism by blood (martyrdom and asceticism).
		Church discipline understood as threefold : Confession of Sins, Absolution of Sin, and Re-admission of Sinner in the church.
		One of the earliest expressions of their faith was the Schleitheim Confession, adopted in February 24, 1527.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/me/Mennonites.html (303 words)

	Historic Baptist Documents - Confessions, Catechisms, Creeds \| The Reformed Reader
		These five historic Calvinistic Baptist Confessions of Faith are considered to be in essential harmony and all agree on Calvinistic soteriology.
		Although it is true that the New Hampshire Confession of 1833 and the Statement on Baptist Faith and Message of 1925 could be accused of containing only a diluted form of Calvinism, all the basic tenets of Calvinism strictly considered are present.
		The difference perhaps, is that you must look for Calvinism in these two confessions, rather than be confronted by it.
	www.reformedreader.org /ccc/hbd.htm (654 words)

	M.B. Herald: Vol. 36, No. 5: Currently in books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This new Confession, however, has deep roots in Anabaptist/Mennonite history, beginning with the Schleitheim Confession of 1527.
		Although it is acknowledged that the fundamental doctrines of the Bible have their roots in the Old Testament, this Confession makes it clear, that God's final revelation came in Jesus, and that the Scriptures must be interpreted in the light of Christ.
		Confessions of Faith are extremely important for the life of the church.
	old.mbconf.ca /mb/mbh3605/ewert.htm (471 words)

	Glimpses #17: Anabaptists; Christian History Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A confession was drawn up to try to bring some order within their ranks.
		Scholars are convinced that it was the former monk, Michael Sattler, drawing upon his experience of the discipline and structure of the monastery who wrote the "Schleitheim Confession." It was the necessary catalyst to give the Brethren a needed sense of identity and direction.
		But in this confession they were dealing with problem areas - what to them were the hot issues on which they had to clarify their positions.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps017.shtml (1038 words)

	Mennonite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Baptism of believers understood as threefold: Baptism by the spirit (internal change of heart), Baptism by water (public demonstration of witness), and baptism by blood (martyrdom and asceticism).
		One of the earliest expressions of their faith was the Schleitheim Confession, adopted in February 24, 1527.
		However, some survived, and at a small meeting of believers, the Schleitheim Confession, on January 21, 1525, Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, and Georg Blaurock, along with twelve other believers, all baptized each other.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/m/me/mennonite.html (3617 words)

	The Heritage of Peace - Part 2
		The confession, which is 475 years old, sets down beliefs and behaviors that have been subscribed to by Anabaptists since Swiss churchmen met and produced it.
		Among the articles of the confession are some that decline involvement in secular government and promote nonviolence.
		The three provide examples of varying degrees to which the confession may be implemented as a rule of practice.
	www.aculink.net /~nelson/anabapt2.html (743 words)

	Michael Sattler
		In February of 1527 a group of Anabaptists met in Schleitheim, north of Zurich near the German border.
		The result of their meeting was the drafting of the Schleitheim Articles, of which Michael Sattler was the principal author.
		The document, considered the first Anabaptist confession of faith, was widely circulated among the Anabaptists in the region.
	cat.xula.edu /tpr/people/sattler (624 words)

	The Schleitheim Confession (Swiss Brethren, 1527)
		The Schleitheim Confession of Faith of the Swiss Anabaptists resulted from a Swiss Brethren Conference in Schleitheim in the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1527.
		The confession was drafted by Michael Sattler of Germany.
		Everything which you have unwittingly done and confessed as evil doing is forgiven you through the believing prayer which is offered by us in our meeting for all our shortcomings and guilt.
	www.cresourcei.org /creedschleitheim.html (3264 words)

	The Schleitheim Confession
		Editorial Note: The Seven Articles of Schleitheim were written with Michael Sattler of Stauffen, Germany, as the chief author, it is believed.
		Along with the writings of Conrad Grebel (very limited in extent) and Pilgram Marpeck (extensive, but not of the quality of the Dutch Menno Simons) the Schleitheim Confession is of great significance for the determination of the teaching of the first Swiss Brethren.
		Everything which you have unwittingly done and confessed as evil doing is forgiven you through the believing prayer which is offered by us in our meeting for all our shortcomings and guilt.
	www.bibleviews.com /Schleitheim-JCWenger.html (2990 words)

	AnaBaptist Confessions of Faith \| The Reformed Reader
		The most influential of all Mennonite confessions was adopted at Dordrecht on April 21, 1632, at a peace conference of Flemish and Frisian ministers.
		Representation at this conference was large enough to draw from the Reformed clergy a protest against "this extraordinary gathering of Anabaptists from all provinces." The confession, whose first draft was written by Adrian Cornelis, bishop of the Flemish Church in Dordrecht, served successfully as a basis of union for the Frisian and Flemish bodies.
		Of the fifty-one ministers who signed the confession, two were from Crefeld, Germany, and two from Central and South Germany ("the upper country").
	www.reformedreader.org /ccc/abc.htm (799 words)

	Confessions of other Protestant groups (from creed) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		To be sure, the Anabaptist Schleitheim Confession (1527) was historically important, the Dordrecht Confession (1632) still has some standing in Mennonite churches, and various Baptist and Congregationalist statements could also be mentioned.
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		The terms “creed” and “confession of faith” are sometimes used interchangeably, but when distinguished “creed” refers to a brief affirmation of faith employed in public worship or initiation rites, while “confession of faith” is generally used to refer to a longer,...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-66276 (654 words)

	IraChernus-Abolitionists
		In 1527, Anabaptist leaders met in the Swiss town of Schleitheim, to agree on a statement of principles for their movement, know as the Schleitheim Confession.
		After explaining all this, the Confession continues that "therefore" Anabaptists must have nothing to do with the state or government, because they are manifestations of the sinful world.
		Yet the Schleitheim Confession shows that the movement as a whole rejected this compromise, because it assumed that anyone involved with government would inevitably end up using, supporting, or at least tolerating violence.
	spot.colorado.edu /~chernus/NonviolenceBook/Anabaptists.htm (4845 words)

	Mennonite Confession of Faith (1963) - Conservative Mennonite Conference - Rosedale, Ohio
		The Dordrecht Confession was adopted at a conference of Pennsylvania Mennonite ministers in 1725, and has continued since that time as the official statement of doctrine of the largest body of American Mennonites.
		This new statement of doctrine is now presented to the church and the public in the hope that it may prove to be a unifying and edifying instrument in the congregations of the Mennonite Church and a Christian witness to all men.
		We conceive the church to be a body of regenerated believers, a fellowship of holy pilgrims baptized upon confession of faith in Christ.
	www.cmcrosedale.org /about/confoffaith.shtml (4915 words)

	What is Your Favorite Confession of Faith? « Nathan A. Finn
		I suppose I am not that big on any one confession because I am a curious fellow with a conglomeration of beliefs that are not represented well by any standard confession.
		Also there seems to be two ways to write a personal confession — (1) to explain one’s beliefs in detail, or (2) to record what one believes in foundational and fundamental.
		With most confessions, it seems that they are setting to represent what a particular church or group believes.
	nathanafinn.wordpress.com /2007/04/24/what-is-your-favorite-confession-of-faith (2927 words)

	February 24: Schleitheim Confession; Christian History Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The story of the Anabaptists is one of the most painful yet exhilarating sagas of history.
		Membership in church, and the baptism that went with it, must be preceded by a confession of faith and a changed life.
		He drafted them a confession of faith now known as the Schleitheim Confession (At the time, it was called the Brotherly Agreement of Some Children of God).
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/02/daily-02-24-2002.shtml (528 words)

	CONFESSION OF FAITH
		Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective: Dutch Translation
		Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective: Vietnamese Translation
		Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective: English
	www.mennonitechurch.ca /resourcecentre/Browse/106 (146 words)

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