Did Tongues Happen in the Reformation?

So, history proves the miraculous gifts continued right up until the time the apostate Catholic church took over the Roman Empire.

And actually, within the Catholic church, down through the next 1000 years, there were some sincere, God-seeking people. Often, these people would believe they had to join a convent or monastery, to worship God more acceptably. So, you will find some nuns and monks who had a genuine experience with God. Among these, you will find some who had amazing experiences in the supernatural, including tongues, prophecy, and miracles.

Of course, the Catholic church was not quick to believe such reports. In fact, they still are trying to disprove such things ever happened among the catholic ranks. Wouldn't it be much better for them to disbelieve the "apparitions" of Mary, that convince people to pray to her?

Eventually, some of those genuine believers within the Catholic church rose up, willing to die for their God-given right to believe what they read in the Scriptures. The movement swept Europe like wildfire...

In France, amid the fast-moving Huguenot revival, Pentecostal experiences were often reported.
"The persons affected were men and women, the old and the young, Very many were children, boys and girls of nine or ten years of age. They were sprung from the people for the most part unable to read or write, and speaking in everyday life the patios of the province with which alone they were conversant. Such persons would suddenly fall backward, and, while extended at full length on the ground, undergo strange and apparently involuntary contortions; their chests would seem to heave, their stomachs inflate. On coming gradually out of this condition, they appeared instantly to regain the power of speech…. From the mouths of those that were little more than babes came texts of Scripture, and discourses in good and intelligible French such as they never used in their conscious hours."
Albert Henry Newman, A Manual of Church History, 2 Volume Philadelphil: American Baptists Publication Society, 1903 II pg. 478.

In Switzerland, the Anabaptist movement exploded to cover many countries, including Germany and the Netherlands. Thousands were slaughtered, but this time not by the Catholics, but by the Lutheran and Zwinglian (Reformed) state churches.
My research into this movement has uncovered the following:

“Although adult baptism was the most prominent tenet of Anabaptism, the spiritual gifts of prophecy, speaking in tongues, and healing were also manifested.”
“Pentecostal Aspects of Fifteenth Century Anapaptism” by Byrd II, Charles Hannon, foreword, pg.x

“Early Anabaptism was accused by Zwingli of… speaking in tongues, speaking in tongues with interpretation, being slain in the Spirit, and prophecy accompanied by dreams and visions.

“Pentecostal Aspects of Fifteenth Century Anabaptism” Byrd, Hannon, pg.204

“Anabaptist spirituality and theology… particularly that of Marpeck, is a type of Pentecostalism that emerged in the early twentieth century. The manifestations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit began to appear in both instances within the context of private prayer meetings in homes, small Bible studies and schools, or in the case of the Anabaptists’ conventicles. The primary gifts manifested in Pentecostalism were speaking in tongues and prophecy, and although speaking in tongues was known and encouraged by many, the primary gift for the Anabaptists appears to have been prophecy. For both, in the absence of charismata (gifts), there was no evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.”
“Pentecostal Aspects of Fifteenth Century Anabaptism”, pg 203 (emphasis and explanation added)
https://books.google.com/books?id=NvCaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204&dq=did+anabaptists+speak+in+tongues?&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis4c_b99riAhULh-AKHVS6CuYQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=did%20anabaptists%20speak%20in%20tongues%3F&f=false

 
However, in most movements, as centuries go by, expression of faith and doctrine will change. And in most Christian movements, the documents preserved by those in leadership are purged to reflect their own beliefs.

Most present-day Conservative Mennonites have no knowledge of the Pentecostal side of their heritage. They are told the only early Anabaptists that did such things were the fringe groups that ended in heresy and died out. This is simply not true.

Actually, what happened to the Anabaptists is the same thing that is now happening to modern Pentecostal denominations.

According to statistician David Barrett, "Most Pentecostal denominations teach that tongues-speaking is mandatory for all members, but in practice today, only between 5 and 35% of all members have practiced this gift, either initially, or as an ongoing practice."

God requires each person of each generation to seek Him individually.

If we rest on our natural heritage, not pursuing God as our forebears did, we will slide into worldly-mindedness cloaked in a religious spirit, bound by legalism, unfit to carry the Gospel.
And in such a case, the movement of the Holy Spirit will die out.

He doesn't stay where He is not welcome.
And He will only operate in a way that He is welcome to operate in.
He won't force anyone into a spiritual experience they don't want.

Is it possible to be born again, if you haven't heard the Gospel?
Can you access the benefits of the cross, if you don't ASK?
Of course not.

Even so, it is impossible for a Christian to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, if he hasn't been taught.
Because you have to ASK for it! (Luke 11:13)

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
We can limit God by our ignorant unbelief. (Psalm 78:41)

So, now you know.

John 16:24 "...ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full!"