The Anabaptists by Norman H. Wells It is an established fact of history that as far back as the fourth century those refusing to go into the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and refusing to accept the baptism of those baptized in infancy, and refusing to accept the doctrine of "baptismal regeneration" and demanding rebaptism for all those who came to them from the Hierarchy were called "Anabaptists"rebaptizers. The Origin of the Anabaptist Churches A. For the first century or so, nearly all the churches remained comparatively pure in doctrine and practice. 1. With the growth of error concerning church...