Schleitheim Confession
The Schleitheim Confession was a declaration of Swiss Anabaptist belief, endorsed unanimously by a meeting of Swiss Anabaptists in 1527 in Schleitheim (Switzerland). The meeting was chaired by Michael Sattler. The Confession consisted of seven articles: BaptismThe Ban (Excommunication)Breaking of Bread (Communion)Separation from EvilPastors in the ChurchThe SwordThe Oath The Seven Articles were written during a time of severe persecution. They were not meant to be a full statement of Christian doctrine, but rather a statement against what the Anabaptists felt were unsound doctrines during that period.
External linksThe Schleitheim Confession - full text of all seven articles and the opening and closing letters
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