of Leonard
Verduin’s book “The
Reformers
and
their
Stepchildren,” he states that one of the slanderous
names
applied to
God’s people during the
Reformation was “Donatist.” It means that those
people stood
against
the
ruling
state
church, demanding a membership of true believers.
The Donatists were one of the early Anabaptist
groups. God’s
people
have
been
called “Donatist” and it was a name of which they
were not ashamed to wear.
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