Co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement (1498–1527)
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Felix Manz
Born
Felix Mantz
1498
Zürich
Died
1527
Zürich
Known for
Co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation
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George Blaurock
Hans Denck
Conrad Grebel
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Jakob Hutter
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Felix Manz (also Felix Mantz) (c. 1498 – 5 January 1527) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Reformation.
FelixManz (also Felix Mantz) (c. 1498 – 5 January 1527) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland...
Swiss Mennonite Conference can be traced to the Swiss Brethren. In 1525, FelixManz, Conrad Grebel, George Blaurock and other radical evangelical reformers...
wrote letters to Martin Luther, Andreas Karlstadt, and Thomas Müntzer. FelixManz began to publish some of Karlstadt's writings in Zurich in late 1524....
Bünderlin Hans Denck Christian Entfelder Conrad Grebel Balthasar Hubmaier FelixManz Roman Catholics who worked against the Protestant Reformation included:...
January, they met at the house of the mother of another radical leader, FelixManz. Grebel and a third leader, George Blaurock, performed the first recorded...
an adaptation of the Athanasian Creed. Songs 6, 7 and 8 are written by FelixManz, Michael Sattler and Hans Hut, all Anabaptist martyrs. Other martyr songs...
village of Zollikon near Zürich in 1525. Conrad Grebel (ca. 1496–1526) and FelixManz (ca. 1496–1527), followers of Huldrych Zwingli, divided from Zwingli on...
Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger taking the lead. Anabaptists FelixManz and Conrad Grebel also operated there. They were later joined by the fleeing...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
teachings. At a small meeting in Zurich on 21 January 1525, Conrad Grebel, FelixManz, and George Blaurock, along with twelve others, baptized each other. This...
was an Anabaptist leader and evangelist. Along with Conrad Grebel and FelixManz, he was a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren in Zürich, and thereby one...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529 FelixManz, 1527 Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr...
washing Ordnung Plain dress Shunning Simple living Notable Anabaptists FelixManz Conrad Grebel Pilgram Marpeck Michael Sattler Hans Denck Jakob Hutter...
this study group that Grebel met and developed a close friendship with FelixManz. Conrad Grebel probably experienced a conversion in the spring of 1522...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin. January 5 – FelixManz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Reformers included Hans Denck, Conrad Grebel, Balthasar Hubmaier and FelixManz. Many Anabaptists today still use the Ausbund, which is the oldest hymnal...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
Melchior Hoffman Balthasar Hubmaier Hans Hut Jakob Hutter Alexander Mack FelixManz Pilgram Marpeck Melchior Rink Michael Sattler Menno Simons Largest groups...
politician Carl W. Mantz, American politician from Pennsylvania FelixManz, also known as Felix Mantz, co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist...
believer's baptism and centered on the leadership of Conrad Grebel and FelixManz. In October 1523, the controversy over the issue broke out during the...