HereIstood

Historicalbackgroundandissuesofthe16thCenturyReformation

Ecclesiastes1:9-11Whathasbeeniswhatwillbe,andwhathasbeendoneiswhatwillbedone,andthereisnothingnewunderthesun.Isthereathingofwhichitissaid,“See,thisisnew”?Ithasbeenalreadyintheagesbeforeus.Thereisnoremembranceofformerthings,norwilltherebeanyremembranceoflaterthingsyettobeamongthosewhocomeafter.

TermsHeterodoxHeresyApostasy

SectspostLuther

AnabaptistsBalthasarHubmeier•StudiedunderEck•1525EasterDayre-baptised,60others.•Infantbaptism‘anabominableidolatry.’•EucharistisnottrulyJesusbodyandbloodJacobDachser•‘RevelationoftheTrueAnabaptists’•1527Aboveworkacceptedasa‘confession’,atAugsburgcouncilofAnabaptists•1529Hymnbook,includingLutherHymns•‘GoddrawsustoHimselfthroughthepowerwhichisinus’.

HansHutt•1527AttendedAugsburgCouncil•Followersdeveloped‘socialistic’aspectsJohnDenk•Regardedas‘Pope’,‘Archbaptist’,‘Bishop’•1527LeaderofAugsburgCouncil•‘…NottheScriptures,butthevoiceofGodintheheartofman.’•‘Whoeverimaginestoobtaingracethrough…BaptismorbytheBreakingofBread,isgiventosuperstition.’

ScwenkfeldersCasparSchwenkfeld•1522VisitedCarlstadtandThomasMuenzer•1525VisitedLuther•SoughttouniteLutherandZwingli•JesusnolongertrulyhumanandtrulyGod,butbyascensionHisfleshbecame‘trulyGod’•theHolySpiritteacheseverythingtotheelectinwardlyandisnotinneedofScripturetogivefaithtothemandtosavethem."•SpiritualEucharist•BaptisminthesoulbytheHolySpiritandFire•Infantbaptismdetrimentalto‘real’baptism•baptizingoftheheavenlyHighPriestJesusChrist,whichoccursinthebelievingsoulbytheHolyGhostandbyfire.

NewArians•AriusofAlexandria•324councilofNiceaopposed•HierarchicalmodeloftheGodhead•GodtheFathereternal•JesuscreatedbyandundertheFather•TheHolySpiritcreatedbytheFatherundertheFatherandtheSon.

Antitrinitarians•1527CampanusdenouncedbyZwingliandLutherafterMarburgColloquy•1555-64CampanusPriestinZurich•ChristnotGod•1553Servetusrejectsoriginalsin,infantbaptism,andthetrinity(describingthetrinityas‘satanicdoctrine’)•ServetusopposedbyCalvin,Zwingli,RomeandMelanchthon

AugsburgConfessioncannotbeAnabaptist:• Justification(EpXII:5,EpIII:4,AC/APIV)• OriginalSin(EpXII:6,EpI:8,AC/APII)• ACRejected(EpXII:11)• Righteousnessbyworks(EpXII:5,EpII:

12,ACVI)

AugsburgConfessioncannotfollowSchwenckfeld:

• TwonaturesofChrist(EpXII:21,EpVIII:6,AC/APIII)

• AntiSacramental(EpXII:23,24,EpVII:29,AC/APX)

• TheWordisnoteffecacious(EpXII:22,EpII:13,ACV:4/APV)

AugsburgConfessionCannotbeArian:•GodtheFatherSonandHolySpiritinhierarchy.(AC/API)

AugsburgConfessionCannotbeAntitrinitarian:•3SeparateGodsallequal(EpXII:29AC/API)