The conservative Christian sect Amish originated from followers of which Swiss Mennonite leader?

• A. John Calvin
• B. Ulrich Zwingli
• C. Jacob Amman
• D. Martin Luther

Answer: (C)

The Amish come from a conservative faction within the Swiss Mennonite church led by Jacob Amman in the late 1600s. Amman advocated for stricter church discipline and closer separation from anyone who didn’t conform to the community’s rules, so his followers split off and became the Amish. This distinguishes them from other reformers like John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, or Martin Luther, who were part of different streams of the Protestant Reformation earlier in Europe and are not the direct source of the Amish tradition.