Anabaptist

...Among the various radical sects that emerged with the Protestant Reformation, there were several denominations that rejected infant baptism and performed adult baptism. The term Anabaptist was a derogatory term used by opponents of adult baptism, meaning those who performed baptism twice, when it should only be performed once. These denominations only had one thing in common: they performed adult baptism based on a strong anti-clerical and anti-establishment orientation. They differed in their origins, doctrines, and organizational and movement forms, and although they sometimes influenced each other, they were more often in conflict with each other.

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…宗教改革に伴って出現した多様な急進派の中で，幼児洗礼を否定し成人洗礼を行ったいくつかの教派。再洗礼派の呼称は，成人洗礼を行うことに対し，反対派が用いた蔑称で，1度しか行ってはならない洗礼を2度行った者という意味で，アナバプティストAnabaptistとも呼ばれる。これらの教派は，強烈な反教権的反体制的志向にもとづく成人洗礼の実施という点で共通性をもつだけで，それぞれ発生場所，教義，組織･運動形態を異にし，影響し合うこともあったが，むしろ対立することが多かった。…

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