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Michael Sattler (1490-1527) was a monk who became an Anabaptist leader and wrote the Schleitheim Confession. He was tortured and burned at the stake for his beliefs by Catholic authorities.
- Background & Arrest
- The Text
- Conclusion
The men who established the Anabaptist movement – Conrad Grebel (l. c. 1498-1526), Felix Manz (l. c. 1498-1527), and George Blaurock (l. c. 1491-1529) – were initially followers of the Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli (l. 1484-1531) in Zürich until Grebel and Manz (along with others) became disillusioned by what they interpreted as Zwingli's betraya...
The following passage is taken from A Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introductions, edited by Denis R. Janz, pp. 212-214:
Sattler's execution (which took place on 20 May 1527) is thought to have been especially brutal owing to his prominence in the movement as a powerful public speaker. Felix Manz was executed by drowning in 1527, George Blaurock was burned at the stake in 1529, and this was the usual method of dispensing with heretics, especially the Anabaptists. Bal...
- Joshua J. Mark
Learn about the life and death of Michael Sattler, a leader of the Anabaptist movement who drafted the Schleitheim confession and refused to recant his beliefs. Read his defense before the Roman Catholic authorities and his prayers and praises as he was burned alive.
Learn about the life, confession and death of Michael Sattler, one of the most noteworthy leaders of the Swiss Brethren in the 16th century. Read his trial and execution account from Martyrs Mirror, a primary source of Anabaptist history.
Jun 4, 2020 · Michael Sattler, an outstanding Anabaptist leader and martyr of South Germany, was born at Staufen in the Breisgau near Freiburg, Germany, about 1490. The Hutterite chronicle relates that he was a learned man. All of his writings show that this was a fact.
Like many of the Anabaptists during the sixteenth century, Sattler was executed because of his beliefs and actions which contradicted the established church. This episode tells the story of Sattler’s trial and death as recounted on pages 116-118 of “Martyrs Mirror.”.
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THE SCHLEITHEIM CONFESSION OF FAITH, 1527. Translated by J. C. Wenger. Note: The Seven Articles of Schleitheim were written with Michael Sattler of Stauffen, Germany, as the chief author. Sattler was originally a Roman Catholic priest.
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