Georg Blaurock

Georg Blaurock was one of the first Anabaptists. Along with Conrad Grebel and Felix Manz he co-founded the Swiss Brethren in Zurich. His real name was Jörg vom Hause Jakob (Georg from the house of Jacob) but was known by various names, including Georg Jakobie, and Bleurond and Weissmantel but he became best known as Georg Blaurock. He was born in 1491 in Bonaduz in Graubünden, Switzerland. He attended the University of Leipzig and served as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. By 1524 he had left the priesthood; he came to Zurich at that time to meet with Ulrich Zwingli but he became interested in the more radical followers of Zwingli who rejected the mass, images, infant baptism and anything which did not have Biblical support. He was banished from Zurich four times. In 1529 he pastored a church in the Adige Valley in the Tyrol region in Austria He was arrested, along with Hans Langegger by Innsbruck authorities and burned at the stake, September 6, 1529. He wrote two hymns during his last three weeks of life: "Gott Führt Ein Recht Gerich" and "Gott, dich will ich loben," He made one significant convert, Jacob Hutter, who became a leader of an Anabaptist community. The community eventually moved to Russia and then the United States.

Dianne Shapiro, from Neff, Christian. (1953). Blaurock, Georg (ca. 1492-1529). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 July 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blaurock,_Georg_(ca._1492-1529)&oldid=144843Encyclopedia of Protestantism by J. Gordon Melton, Facts on File, Inc., 2005