During the past two years, the Brethren Practices page carried brief articles on each of seven ordinances and on each of five ideals, all of which have been largely distinctive to Brethren faith and practice.
Legalism is an attitude.
The Christian obeys because this is his Master's will. The legalist refrains from lying so that he may be able to boast in the fact that he does not lie. The observance of a rule is not in itself legalism. The early Anabaptists accepted the Scriptures literally. They were very specific on such things as modesty and divorce and feetwashing.