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[RELIGION] CATROU (François) History of the Anabaptists, containing their doctrine, the various opinions that divide them into several sects, the disturbances they have caused, and finally all the most significant events concerning them, from the year 1521 to the present day Published by Jaques Desbordes, Amsterdam, 1702. In 12°. Contemporary full fawn sheepskin binding, ribbed spine decorated with gilt panels featuring a central fleur-de-lis, title label in light morocco, engraved frontispiece title, [1] 287 pages, with 18 engraved plates (including a frontispiece). A small defect on the cap. Third edition; the first was published in 1695. A religious movement stemming from Protestantism, Anabaptism regarded the baptism of infants as ineffective. Its followers preferred to wait until the age of reason to receive this first sacrament, in accordance with the practice of the early Church. But apart from this fundamental point, from which the Anabaptists derive their name, Father Catrou (1659–1737)—who joined the Jesuits as a young man and was one of the very first contributors to the *Journal de Trévoux*—explains the other names given to them, for example, ‘Anti-Trinitarians’, because they denied the Trinity, or ‘Adamites’, because they imitated Adam’s original nakedness and gathered together in their birthday suits. Following this overview, the political aspects of the revolutionary Anabaptist movement are discussed,
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