INTENSIVE LSBT STUDY SESSION

09/06/2025

WALDENSIAN FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

INTENSIVE LSBT STUDY SESSION

Rome, June 27–28, 2025

The Waldensian Faculty of Theology warmly invites

LSBT students as well as auditors
to participate in the

Intensive Seminar on Anabaptism

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Anabaptist movement, the Faculty is offering an intensive seminar dedicated to this important commemoration.

Led by:

Prof. Fulvio Ferrario
Systematic Theology / Waldensian Faculty of Theology
Prof. Lothar Vogel
History of Christianity / Waldensian Faculty of Theology

On-site in Room B
Waldensian Faculty of Theology – RomE

Or online (Zoom)

Program

Friday, June 27 – Prof. Fulvio Ferrario

3:00–4:30 PM | Lecture: Anabaptism in Zurich
Break
5:00–7:30 PM | Group work on selected sources and discussion

Saturday, June 28 – Prof. Lothar Vogel

9:00–10:30 AM | Lecture: Anabaptism through the eyes of others – from persecution to the search for dialogue
Break
11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Group work on sources relating to Anabaptism in Italy and discussion
Lunch break
2:00–2:45 PM | Lecture: The life and work of Menno Simons
Break
3:00–4:00 PM | Group work on texts by Menno Simons
4:00–4:30 PM | Final discussion

Sources

F. Mantz, Protest and Apology, in E. Campi - M. Rubboli, Protestantesimo nei secoli. Fonti e Documenti, Claudiana, Turin 1991, pp. 111–113.
M. Sattler, The Schleitheim Articles, ibid., pp. 66–68.
M. Simons, Foundation of Christian Doctrine, edited by F. Tartaro, GBU, Chieti 2019.

Suggested Reading

F. Ferrario, “Early Swiss Anabaptism in Recent Historiography,” Protestantesimo, 45 (1990), pp. 179–199.
Th. Kaufmann, The Anabaptists: From the Radical Reformation to the Baptists, Claudiana, Turin 2022.
L. Vogel, “Baptist and Anabaptist Churches,” in A. Melloni (ed.), Dizionario del sapere storico-religioso del Novecento, vol. I, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010, pp. 428–442.
(Link to article)