Why did secular authorities, Protestant and Catholic, deem the Anabaptists dangerous?
A) The Anabaptists posed a military threat since so many of them came from the noble ranks.
B) The Anabaptists often belonged to professional or highly skilled guilds with economic power.
C) The first Anabaptists refused to take oaths and were pacifists.
D) The Anabaptists were often refugees from other countries; such people were frequently viewed with suspicion.
E) The Anabaptists preached the equality of the genders, which alarmed conservatives.
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