Hutterites Research Paper

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The Hutterites, Mennonites, and Amish all exist because of an Anabaptist rebellion against the Catholic Church in the 1500s, when the Catholic Church went through a large reform. Those three religions are often confused because of their similar living styles. The thing that makes the Hutterites different is their communal living. The Hutterites are one of few religions that have made very little changes since the formation of their religion. They hold similar beliefs and practice an old-fashioned communal way of life. The communes are agricultural, and they are for the most part isolated from the rest of society, except for the occasional appointment. They choose to stay away from society because they don't believe in the secular views of society in general. They don't believe in owning things, …show more content…

Even though these communes stay isolated from the rest of society the Hutterites were open to showing society how they live their life because of this we are able to study their religion and able to understand them better.
The origin of the Hutterite religion traces back to the Protestant Reformation in the mid 1500s. There was a split between the Catholic and Protestant churches and even more splits in the new Protestant church. This split in the Protestant church was lead by Ulrich Zwingli. This branch began to call themselves the Anabaptists. The Anabaptists took a more conservative approach to the Bible. However there were even more splits in the Anabaptist movement. Thus the first communal church was established in 1528. Their leader, Jacob Wiedenman, believed in a communal living style, and a rejection of violence, including a refusal to participate in any military action. The community began with 190 people and began to grow in

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