Throughout the 16th century, the Church experienced a split within the belief system. After the Protestant Reformation, which began in 1517, some Protestants were still not satisfied with all the rules and doctrines established by the Catholic Church. As a result, some continued the reform, going beyond what Luther, Calvin, and others had begun. In 1525 a group broke away and became known as the Anabaptists. The Anabaptists were more radical in their reforms than other Protestants. This was not an easy split for the Anabaptist Church, as both Protestant Reformers and Catholics persecuted it. This, however, did not stop the Anabaptist reform. As we will see later, they managed to survive thanks to difficult measures while fleeing from their persecutors. The term anabaptist comes from the Latin word Anabaptista, which means “rebaptizer.” The Anabaptist movement began when some people in the church decided that people should be able to freely decide to follow Christ. Only the first generation of Anabaptists were baptized twice, once as children and once as adults. The baptism of the first believer occurred in 1525, which marked the beginning of the Anabaptist Church. There was no known leader of the Anabaptist movement. There were a variety of individuals from different parts of Europe and with religious backgrounds who played an important role in the development of the movement. Among the many influential peoples were priests, monks and even farmers. One of the most significant priests who influenced the rise of Anabaptism was Ulrich Zwingli. Having moved to Zurich, Switzerland on 27 December 1518, Zwingli did not intend to create a division within the Catholic Church. However, he became an important Protestant reformer in many Swiss city-states. Although not an Anabaptist, so was Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk turned Protestant reformer