Jakob Ammann

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Jakob Ammann was a Swiss Anabaptist leader whose strict teachings and reforms in the late 17th century led to the formation of the Amish movement.

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Jakob Ammann canonical 3
Ammann 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anabaptist leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
associatedWith Anabaptist congregations in Alsace ⓘ
Anabaptist congregations in the Emmental region ⓘ
Swiss Brethren Mennonites ⓘ
birthYear c. 1644 ⓘ
causeOfSchism disagreements over church discipline ⓘ
disagreements over footwashing practice ⓘ
disagreements over shunning ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
countryOfActivity Alsace ⓘ
France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
deathYear c. 1730 ⓘ
doctrineEmphasized Meidung (social avoidance of the banned) ⓘ
ban (excommunication) ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
literal obedience to the New Testament ⓘ
familyName Ammann ⓘ
linked to: Jakob Ammann
givenName Jakob ⓘ
linked to: Jakub
historicalContext persecution of Anabaptists in Switzerland ⓘ
post-Reformation Europe ⓘ
influenced Amish communities in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Amish

Old Order Amish in North America ⓘ
linked to: Amish
knownFor advocating strict church discipline ⓘ
foundational role in the formation of the Amish ⓘ
leading a schism among Swiss Brethren Anabaptists ⓘ
promoting the practice of shunning (Meidung) ⓘ
language Swiss German ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic German
legacy central figure in Amish historical identity ⓘ
namesake of the Amish ⓘ
movement Amish ⓘ
Swiss Brethren ⓘ
name Jakob Ammann ⓘ
nationality Swiss ⓘ
occupation tailor ⓘ
opposedBy more moderate Swiss Brethren leaders ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Anabaptism ⓘ
Mennonite ⓘ
linked to: Mennonites
religiousTraditionInfluenced Amish Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Amish

Anabaptist ⓘ
linked to: Anabaptist churches
role Anabaptist bishop ⓘ
church elder ⓘ
theologicalPosition emphasized separation from the world ⓘ
insisted on strict application of the ban and shunning ⓘ
rejected lenient church discipline among Swiss Brethren ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amish → foundedBy → Jakob Ammann ⓘ
Amish → namedAfter → Jakob Ammann ⓘ
Othmar Ammann → familyName → Ammann ⓘ
linked to: Jakob Ammann
Jakob Ammann → name → Jakob Ammann ⓘ
Jakob Ammann → familyName → Ammann ⓘ
linked to: Jakob Ammann