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Amish contro Mennoniti: stesse radici anabattiste, diversi modi di vivere

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  • Sia gli Amish che i Mennoniti discendono dagli Anabattisti, che iniziarono a battezzare gli adulti in Svizzera nel 1525; gli Amish formarono una chiesa separata sotto Jakob Ammann nel 1693, principalmente a causa del suo appello a evitare i membri scomunicati.
  • Entrambe le chiese battezzano solo i credenti che lo richiedono e si attengono alla non resistenza, il rifiuto di rispondere alla violenza con la violenza, basato sulle parole di Gesù in Matteo 5:39 e 5:44.
  • La maggior parte dei gruppi Amish vieta il possesso di automobili, l'elettricità dalle linee elettriche pubbliche, nonché televisori, radio e computer, e celebrano il culto nelle case dei membri a domeniche alterne; i Mennoniti celebrano il culto nelle case di riunione e molti guidano automobili e utilizzano la tecnologia moderna.
  • I Mennoniti del Vecchio Ordine si vestono in modo semplice e alcuni guidano cavalli e calessi, ma il gruppo più numeroso, la Conferenza di Groffdale, consente telefoni ed elettricità nelle case.
  • Gli Amish contano circa 185.000 membri battezzati (421.200 persone inclusi i bambini) in Nord America, mentre le chiese della Conferenza Mondiale Mennonita contano quasi 950.000 membri battezzati in 60 paesi, l'84 percento dei quali in Africa, Asia o America Latina.
  • Yoder è sia un cognome Amish che Mennonita, e un matrimonio Amish richiede che entrambi i partner siano membri battezzati della chiesa Amish, quindi un Mennonita deve unirsi ad essa o il partner Amish deve lasciarla.

Amish and Mennonites are Anabaptist cousins, separate churches since 1693. Both baptize only believers old enough to ask for it and refuse to fight in war. The Amish keep horses and buggies, take no power from public lines and worship in homes. Apart from a small Old Order minority, Mennonites use modern technology and worship in meetinghouses and churches. AmishMennonites Began1693, when Jakob Ammann’s followers separated in Switzerland and AlsaceWith the Anabaptists of 1525; named for Menno Simons, who joined…

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