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Our History The Jehovah's Witnesses Revival Movement After the period called the “ Great Lutheran Reformation ,” believers who rejected the dogma of the Trinity as unbiblical and other basic Catholic teachings that proved to be unbiblical were called under the generic term “ Anabaptists .” They were severely persecuted by both Catholics and Protestants and put to death because they rejected dogmas such as the Trinity, infant baptism, the worship of saints, and the immortality of the soul. They later split into several branches, one of which was called the “ Old Baptists .” Over time, they formed themselves under the name of the “ Christian Connection .” A leading member of their group, a former officer in the United States Army named William Miller , launched the movement that came to be called “ Adventism ” (meaning “waiting”). They later split into several branches, one of which was called the Advent Christian Church . After the Advent Christian Church split into several ...