The Münster Anabaptists believed that the end of the world was near and therefore
A) urged their followers to eat, drink, and be merry.
B) abolished traditional marriages and allowed men to have multiple wives.
C) led invading armies into the Netherlands and Switzerland to defeat the followers of reformers they deemed heretical.
D) allowed Jewish communities back into Münster to hasten the second coming.

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The Münster Anabaptists, during their control of the city of Münster in the 1530s, implemented radical social reforms including the abolition of traditional marriage laws, which allowed men to have multiple wives. This was part of their broader apocalyptic and millenarian beliefs.

The Münster Anabaptists Believed That the End of the World