History of Anabaptists & Quakers

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FULL SERIES:

Episode 1: Origins & Early Schisms

Episode 2: Roman Catholics & Eastern Orthodoxy

Episode 3: Anglicans, Lutherans & Reformed

Episode 4: Anabaptists & Quakers

Episode 5: Baptists & Methodists

Episode 6: Mormons, Adventists & JWs

Episode 7: Pentecostals & Charismatics

Episode 8: Miscellaneous Groups

Check out Ready to Harvest’s video here:

CREDITS:
Chart & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz

[UsefulCharts]

Check out Ready to Harvest’s video on Mennonites here:

[delusionnnnn]

The fact that you have to do an extensive section on corrections and additions as you interweave more groups into the chart, or better contextualize existing groups demonstrates how complex the history of Christianity is, and it's one of my favourite parts of this project.

[teucer]

As a Hicksite Quaker I'm always happy to see somebody mention us who doesn't think we look like an oatmeal box. Thanks!

[slopehoke]

If I could make one suggestion, I'd add an "other" section in the "Ten Largest Christian Communions" so we can get an idea for how much of Christianity worldwide is accounted for in the top 10.

[lynnvonsalis]

So glad you mentioned Flushing, Queens and the Flushing Remonstrance. The Flushing Quaker meeting is still alive and well, in its original 17th century meeting house in Queens, NYC. As a member of Brooklyn Meeting it is great to have our New York roots acknowledged.

[Alex-mnfb]

Might I just add, I knew Christianity is a complex beast, but the Protestant branch IS OFF THE CHARTS! Still cant wrap my head around all the branches (must have been a nightmare to research!), especially considering most of these denominations arent more then a couple of centuries old! And are yet so divergent and numerous!!
Hoped to learn more about the Baptists, but ill be patient until the next time. Great vid as usual!!

[bondatcom]

I like how he addressed the Big Elephant on the Room. The Quaker Oats 😅

[isaac_heyn]

This is my favorite series on YouTube right now. Excellent job. Thank you!

[carriekennedy]

As a direct line descendant of Alexander Mack, I literally squealed when he was mentioned. Thank you so much for making this easy to understand. Interestingly, there is a camp named after Alexander in northern Indiana near a large Amish and Mennonite population.

[billyhw]

Episode 2: "Wow this chart is already getting so complicated."

Episode 3: Martin Luther: "Hold my beer."

[sleepiestgf]

you could also add the shakers to the chart! from what i understand they were an offshoot of the quakers (occuring in england, then migrating to the American colonies also seeking religious freedom). supposedly Maine is the most significant region for them, but there is a former shaker village here in kentucky! there are only 2 shakers remaining today, mostly because they are entirely celibate, only gaining members through conversion. they also allowed women to hold spiritual leadership roles.

[cxrlxshnrq]

It seems you forgot to add Lebanon in your map of denominations. It should be yellow. According to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Lebanon is 44.36% Christian and 31.76% Catholic (25.52% Maronite; 5.62% Melkite; 0.62% Armenian Catholic plus some few others that are too small to be counted)

(Edit) I forgot to mention nowadays there are more Catholics than Protestants in Germany

[klammersiebter]

You should add the Old Lutherans to the lutheran section of your chart. They were founded in 1830 in Prussia (Germany) in protest against the state sponsored union with reformed christians. They still exist in Germany as an own denomination.

[Mortarion]

One of my neighbours is an agnostic Quaker, he's always really friendly and polite. Super laid back. I would protect him with my life.

Interestingly, he only ever says 'morning' or 'evening', it's never 'good morning' or 'good evening'. And always makes an effort to see how I'm doing, which I find really nice.

[trenae]

Staying tuned for episode 7. 5th generation A/G girl here! I’m excited to see your attention to detail applied to the varied branches of the Pentecostal beliefs. A fun point if you haven’t considered yet, Church of God in Christ - the Pentecostal denomination Denzel Washington and his family follow - broke from the A/G over racial issues back in the early 20th century.

[HumbleWarrior]

Wow this is really good. As a Christian this is really helpful for me to see where different beliefs and denominations come from. So this is much appreciated. Also you and Ready to Harvest are the perfect compliment to each other on this subject. He dives into specifics of beliefs, whereas your chart helps me to visualize how they are connected. Well done.

[daudkim]

I'm happy you chose to add Korean Presbyterian churches in the chart, mainly because I belong to one of them, but I did think it was worth being mentioned as it consists the largest bodies of prebysterian churches in the world... thank you for mentioning

[johnpannebaker]

My Oma and Opa were members of a Brethren Church. I never knew Brethren were a 'peace church, ' which is ironic to me because they were good conservative war hawks. Overall I am loving this series!

[undrawbill]

Thanks so much for amending the Georgian church entry. I love your channel and would love to see some Georgian content. Bagrationi family tree would be amazing

[peterlyon]

I just went through Cedar Rapids, Iowa yesterday and saw the world's largest cereal mill - their Quaker Oats plant.