Jan Bockelszoon van Leiden Quotes
If we are God's sons and have been baptized in Christ then all evil must disappear from among us.... Every one is under the authorities, who have power over all. Because there is no authority outside of God.... If you do evil, fear the authorities. They wield the sword not in vain; they are God's servants, the avengers to punish the evildoer.
Sins punishable by death included blasphemy, seditious language, scolding one's parents, adultery, lewd conduct, backbiting, spreading scandal, and even complaining. Persons of marriageable age were ordered to marry; unmarried women had to accept the first man to ask them.
Jan Bockelszoon van Leiden, ~1509-1536, Anabaptist Messaih, Leader of New Jerusalem [Munster, Germany], Anabaptist Legal Code, New Jerusalem [Munster, Germany], 1534
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The Confession was a statement of doctrine to which the Swiss Anabaptists adopted.
This is one of the passages of the Bible that Christian Kings cited in expecting obedience. Most of the monarchs took this passage to mean that God had selected and appointed them to rule.
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