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Anabaptist
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From the very beginning of the movement in the sixteenth century, Anabaptists shared a deep suspicion of the so-called Schriftgelehrten - the university-trained scholars who, they claimed artfully dodged the clear and simple teachings of Jesus by appealing to complex arguments and carefully crafted statements of doctrine. In other words, they confused theological discussions with lived faith.
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― Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice
― Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice
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In the name of rejecting ecclesiastical authority as "hierarchy" or "tradition" as theological manipulation and bondage, we have instead created a hermeneutic of suspicion and have invested every biblically informed conscience (instead of a pope) to speak ex cathedra. It is a Pyrrhic victory for Free church Protestantism when the net effect of its teaching results in the replacing of the tyranny of the magisterium with the tyranny of individualism.
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― Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants
― Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants