The State is part of the world-system. It is to be obeyed generally, but it has no real authority over believers. (This branch of Anabaptists are known as “Mennonites” today.)

• The State is part of the world-system. It is to be obeyed generally, but it has no real authority over believers. (This branch of Anabaptists are known as “Mennonites” today.)

• Some Anabaptists burned their Bibles because “the letter kills.”

• Some Anabaptists were willing to regard the State as legitimate if the State fully enforced the Mosaic law. They revolted and took over the city of Münster, Germany in 1534 and established communism.