Question 33: Do you not regard your church as superior to those of all other Baptist-minded [Tauf...

Question 33: Do you not regard your church as superior to those of all other Baptist-minded [Taufgesinnte] of these or previous times, and if so, in which way and why?

Answer: It is true that we consider our church fellowship superior to these now-deteriorated Baptists [Mennonites], with whom we are acquainted, and whom we know. The reason is that they have deteriorated in doctrine and life, and have strayed far from the doctrine and life of the old Baptists [Anabaptists]. Many of them notice this and realize it themselves. We cannot answer concerning the previous Baptists, because we did not know them in life. We are completely agreed with them as far as their doctrine is concerned, which does not teach anything in contradiction to the gospel.