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Jakob Ammann

Swiss religious leader
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Jakob Ammann was a Swiss religious leader who played a significant role in the Anabaptist movement. In the late 17th century, Ammann led a schism within the Mennonite church, seeking to enforce stricter adherence to biblical discipline as he understood it. This led to the formation of the Amish church. The Anabaptist movement itself, from which the Amish and Mennonites emerged, was a radical reform group of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Key tenets included adult baptism, separation of church and state, and pacifism.12

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