Conrad Grebel baptizes George Blaurock and others on profession of faith; the Anabaptist movement begins, and is persecuted by Catholic and Protestant alike.
Tagged: Anabaptist Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1525 (exact)
- Era
- Reformation; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Zürich
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Anabaptist
- Key figures
- Conrad Grebel, George Blaurock, Felix Manz
Primary Sources
- Huldrych Zwingli, On Baptism (1525)
- Conrad Grebel, letter to Thomas Müntzer (1524)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0034; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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