Anabaptists joined Protestants in rejecting the authorities of popes and councils and elevating the Scriptures into the vacancy. But there were considerable differences between Anabaptists and Protestants and, indeed, among Anabaptists themselves, as to the nature and function of the Scriptures. There is first of all the view expressed by the Swiss Brethren, by writers like Riedeman and Marpeck, and by the Dutch from Hoffman to Philips that the Scriptures are the Christian’s final authority.