The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . nsylvania. from which arose the denomination of Baptists in Pennsyl-vania who kept the Seventh Day holy. The small gatherings in the weavers shop on the outskirts of the straggling village of Germantown were also destined to form the nucleus for so large I and respectable a denomi- £ nation of Christians as the \ German Baptists or Dun- I kers, whose organizations < now extend throughoutg many, if not all, of the3 States forming the Ameri-K can Union. < Officially this denom
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . nsylvania. from which arose the denomination of Baptists in Pennsyl-vania who kept the Seventh Day holy. The small gatherings in the weavers shop on the outskirts of the straggling village of Germantown were also destined to form the nucleus for so large I and respectable a denomi- £ nation of Christians as the \ German Baptists or Dun- I kers, whose organizations < now extend throughoutg many, if not all, of the3 States forming the Ameri-K can Union. < Officially this denomi-S nation is known as theE Brethren.^ a name assumed; for themselves, on accountS of what Christ said to his% disciples, Matt, xxiii, 8:g One is your Master, even < Christ, and all ye are breth- n z ren. Locally the mem-\ bers are known as German^ Baptists or Dimkers (Tau- fer, Tunker). The latterterm was originally one ofderision, from the mannerin which they adminis-tered the sacred rite ofbaptism. The Baptist Brethren movement in Germany dates backto the year 1521, when the so-called Zwickau prophets,. The Zwickau Prophets. 87 Nicholas Storch, Marcus Stubner and Thomas Miinzerarose in Saxony and preached the doctrine of adult bap-tism and the coming millennium. The latter prophetsubsequently spread the doctrine throughout Switzerland,Franconia and Thuringia. His adherents took an activepart in the peasants war, and suffered an overwhelmingdefeat at Frankenhausen, May 15, 1525. In Em-peror Charles V. issued an edict crushing the sect whereverfound within his dominions. Notwithstanding this perse-cution, the doctrine spread from Bavaria to Holland. Themembers were known by different names, such as Stabler{Baculares, Stablarii\ because they taught that a Christianshould not bear arms, but defend himselfmerely with a staff ; Clanucalarii^ becausethey refused to publish any creed ; Garten-briider {Hortularii), because they held theirassemblies in the open fields or
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