theology of the two kingdoms, soon developed into pacifist and religious sectarianism. This sectarianism was crystallized in the fourth article of the Schleitheim Confession of 1527, which reads in part, We have been united concerning the separation that shall take place from the evil and the wickedness which the devil has planted in the world.… We have no fellowship with them and do not run with them in the confusion of their abominations.… Now there is nothing else in the world and all creation
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