Sources Of Swiss Anabaptism

The 170 letters and documents in this volume portray how Conrad Grebel, a bright young Swiss patriot, became a fervent, influential leader of the sixteenth-century Anabaptist movement. The editor calls the book & ldquo;a drama with five acts, prologue, and epilogue & rdquo; with a cast of 107 characters. The main characters are Grebel himself and Huldrych Zwingli, the vicar at the Grossm & uuml; nster in Zurich.</p><p>The climax of the drama comes in January 1525 when Grebel performs the first rebaptisms, signaling the founding of a new church and the rejection of the Anabaptists by Zwingli. & ldquo; These letters and documents are not published for scholars only,& rdquo; states the editor, & ldquo; but for all seekers and believers.& rdquo; This is the fourth volume in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of Mennonite Studies.