The Sources of Swiss Anabaptism: The Grebel Letters and Related Documents (CLASSICS OF THE RADICAL REFORMATION)

<p>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;</p><p>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.</p>