The Anabaptist View of the Church and State

Mr. Kuiper is administrator of Heritage Christian School in Hudsonville, Michigan. Elsewhere in this issue we are introduced to the history of the Anabaptists. In the light of that history it is clear that the Reformers regarded them as great enemies of the Reformed church. John Calvin was aware of the danger they posed to the church and he was persuaded by Farel and others in 1544 to write against them in a pamphlet entitled, "Brief Instruction for Arming all the Good Faithful Against the...