Anabaptist church practises today not found in the early church

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ohio jones wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:38 pm
Sudsy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:06 pm What are some Anabaptist practises today that are not explicitly found in the early church as recorded in the New Testament, excluding The Revelation.

I will begin with one that some Anabaptists practise but is not explicitly found and that is the use of musical instruments in worship.
How convenient to exclude the Revelation, since that's where musical instruments are mentioned. 8-)
Ken wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:40 pm Hymns
Matt. 26:30
Mark 14:26
Acts 16:25
Eph. 5:19
Col. 3:16
Yes there was singing in the Bible.

I meant none of the hymns sung in any Mennonite church or found in any Mennonite hymnal were found in the early church. Those were all written many many centuries later. In fact the major and minor scales and functional tonality used by Mennonite hymns didn't really emerge until the late Renaissance. Even the Amish Ausbund only dates to the 1500s.
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Didn’t we do this already?
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Last I checked this wasn’t a practice in the early church either. :mrgreen:
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mike wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:48 pm
Sudsy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:06 pm What are some Anabaptist practises today that are not explicitly found in the early church as recorded in the New Testament, excluding The Revelation.

I will begin with one that some Anabaptists practise but is not explicitly found and that is the use of musical instruments in worship.
Didn't we do this already?
Sorry, a memory failure. They are becoming more frequent lately. :oops:
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I vote that the threads be combined.
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Any former Amish here to confirm this? I remember on another discussion forum a former Amish man saying that they genuflect in the Amish Church-
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Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:58 pm Any former Amish here to confirm this? I remember on another discussion forum a former Amish man saying that they genuflect in the Amish Church-
They also do in Holdeman churches, Mennonite, and others.
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Josh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:13 pm
Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:58 pm Any former Amish here to confirm this? I remember on another discussion forum a former Amish man saying that they genuflect in the Amish Church-
They also do in Holdeman churches, Mennonite, and others.
Have they always? How did this originate?
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Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:16 pm
Josh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:13 pm
Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:58 pm Any former Amish here to confirm this? I remember on another discussion forum a former Amish man saying that they genuflect in the Amish Church-
They also do in Holdeman churches, Mennonite, and others.
Have they always? How did this originate?
It seems to be a tradition followed among the saints since Bible times.
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ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:19 pm
Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:16 pm
Josh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:13 pm

They also do in Holdeman churches, Mennonite, and others.
Have they always? How did this originate?
It seems to be a tradition followed among the saints since Bible times.
My husband said Catholics do it. Maybe it was passed down
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