A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886
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A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886
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A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886

A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886

by Thomas Armitage
A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886

A History of the Baptists: Volume One; Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, from the Time of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to the Year 1886

by Thomas Armitage

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ISBN-13: 9781579789213
Publisher: Baptist Standard Bearer
Publication date: 03/01/2001
Series: Baptist History (Paperback) , #1
Pages: 532
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Introductory Chapter
Have we a Visible Succession of Baptist Churches down from the Apostles?1
New Testament Period
Chapter I.John the Baptist13
Chapter II.The Baptism of Jesus25
Chapter III.The Baptist's Witness to Christ36
Chapter IV.Christ's Witness to the Baptist47
Chapter V.The King in Zion--Laws for the New Kingdom57
Chapter VI.Pentecost and Saul71
Chapter VII.Saul and Gentile Missions88
Chapter VIII.Nero and Paul, Peter and John99
Chapter IX.The Apostolic Churches the Only Model for all Churches114
Chapter X.The Officers and Ordinances of the Apostolic Church129
Chapter XI.The Baptist Copy of the Apostolic Churches148
Post-Apostolic Times
Chapter I.The Second Century155
Chapter II.The Third Century172
Chapter III.The Third Century--Continued182
Chapter IV.The Fourth Century194
Chapter V.The Fifth Century211
Chapter VI.The Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Centuries226
Chapter VII.Baptism and Baptisteries in the Middle Ages243
Chapter VIII.Ancient Baptismal Pictures256
Chapter IX.The Twelfth Century276
Chapter X.The Waldensians294
Chapter XI.The Bohemian Brethren and the Lollards313
The Era of the Reformation
Chapter I.The Swiss Baptists327
Chapter II.The Swiss Baptists--Continued340
Chapter III.The Reformation--Zwickau and Luther354
Chapter IV.The Reformation--Peasants' War--Muhlhausen and Munster362
Chapter V.The Reformation--The German Baptists379
Chapter VI.The Reformation--German Baptists--Continued395
Chapter VII.The Reformation--Baptists in the Netherlands407
Baptists of Great Britain
Chapter I.Immersion in England425
Chapter II.Immersion in England--Continued--Persecution437
Chapter III.British Baptists--John Smyth--Commonwealth453
Chapter IV.British Baptists--John Bunyan474
Chapter V.British Baptists--John Bunyan--Continued493
Chapter VI.British Baptists--Bunyan's Relations to the Baptists511
Chapter VII.British Baptists--Bunyan's Principles528
Chapter VIII.British Baptists--Commonwealth and the Restoration540
Chapter IX.British Baptists--Liberty of Conscience--Associations--The Stennetts--Irish Baptists555
Chapter X.The Scotch and English Baptists--Missions--Men of Note572
Chapter XI.British Baptists--The Welsh Baptists598
The American Baptists
Chapter I.The Colonial Period--Pilgrims and Puritans619
Chapter II.Banishment of Roger Williams627
Chapter III.Settlement of Rhode Island641
Chapter IV.The Providence and Newport Churches658
Chapter V.Chauncey--Knollys--Miles and the Swansea Church674
Chapter VI.The Boston Baptists686
Chapter VII.New Centers of Baptist Influence--South Carolina--Maine--Pennsylvania--New Jersey704
Chapter VIII.The Baptists of Virginia724
Chapter IX.Baptists of Connecticut and New York739
Chapter X.The Baptists of North Carolina, Maryland, New Hampshire, Vermont and Georgia757
Chapter XI.Baptists and the Revolutionary War776
Chapter XII.The American Baptists and Constitutional Liberty796
Chapter XIII.Foreign Missions--Asia and Europe814
Chapter XIV.Other Baptist Missions--Foreign and Home836
Chapter XV.Preachers--Educators--Authors852
Chapter XVI.Theological Seminaries--Literature--Revivals872
Chapter XVII.Bible Translation and Bible Societies893
Chapter XVIII.Baptists in British America and Australia919
Table of Statistics943
References to Authorities Quoted944
AppendixConfession of Schleitheim949
General Index953
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