Hats Off wrote:Do you class the Münsterites as Anabaptists?
CADude wrote:Yes they did rebaptize but a lot of other Anabaptists rejected aspects of their doctrine.
A similar question:Heirbyadoption wrote:I wasn't really thinking of Munster, but I suppose they would fall under a perversion of general Anabaptism.
Were the antichrist's in 1 John 2:18-19 Christians?
I would say no, because they did not commonly believe and practice what Christians of that time believed and practiced. Were they followers of Jesus in any particular ways? Perhaps... Christian was a term given by contemporaries to describe folks of a certain belief and practice. John did not feel any need to own them in any way.
Anabaptist was a term given by contemporaries to describe folks of a certain belief and practice. If there were folks who deviated from that belief and practice, I don't think anyone needs to feel obligated to own them.