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Josh wrote:
silentreader wrote:
Josh wrote:The term "Amish Mennonites" showed up in old literature. In the 20th Century, it took on a different meaning to mean "Amish who are progressing to assimilation with the dominant culture".
I'm not trying to start an argument or anything but I'm still curious whether in the 'old literature' the writers were Amish who described themselves as Amish Mennonites or whether the writers were other than Amish.
The early Amish barely wrote anything. Others referred to them as Amish for following Amman's side of the split, such as how in general Anabaptists were called Mennists.

Other contemporary terms then were Täufers (meaning "baptisers") and Brethren.

It's certainly a shift that since the migration to America, the Amish adopted the label Amish for themselves and gradually stopped identifying as Mennonites, Swiss Brethren, or "baptisers".
Thank you.
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By the way Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver is an excellent book to read to learn how the Swiss Brethren though.

The more I read it, the more I realise my own thinking is much closer aligned to Dutch Anabaptism.
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Throw back Thursday! Forgot about this thread...
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Josh wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:29 pm By the way Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver is an excellent book to read to learn how the Swiss Brethren though.

The more I read it, the more I realise my own thinking is much closer aligned to Dutch Anabaptism.
Now I wish I’d bought this book. It’s expensive now!
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