Brethren Church

The Brethren Church is an Anabaptist Christian denomination with roots in and one of several groups that trace its origins back to the Schwarzenau Brethren of Germany.

This article is about the USA-based denomination. For other uses, see Brethren (religious group).
Not to be confused with Church of the Brethren.
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(the German Baptists or Dunkers)
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A 1685 illustration by Jan Luyken, published in Martyrs Mirror, of Dirk Willems saving his pursuer, an act of mercy that led to his recapture, after which he was burned at the stake near Asperen in the present-day Netherlands
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