This week in the history of Christianity
Anabaptists, Augsburg, George Washington, Auschwitz liberation
On January 22nd, 1525, the Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born in Zurich. This movement, led by Ulrich Zwingli and Conrad Grebel, sought to reform the Catholic Church and establish a new Christian church based on voluntary adult baptism. This would later become known as the Reformation movement. However, the Anabaptists were heavily…