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The Act of Toleration passed by the Parliament of England in 1689 enabled religious freedom and plurality to co-exist alongside the established churches in England and Scotland. In response to the Act, representatives from over 100 Particular Baptist churches gathered in London from 3–12 September of 1689 to discuss and endorse the 1677 ...
While the Reformed Baptist confessions affirm views of the nature of baptism similar to those of the classical Reformed, they reject infants as the proper subjects of baptism. [3] The first Calvinistic Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. [1] The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith is a significant summary of the beliefs of Reformed Baptists. [1]
Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches. [1] The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.
Baptist covenant theology (credobaptist) is distinct from Westminsterian covenant theology, and finds its most influential expression in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. [1] There exist two forms of Baptist covenant theology: the "1689 Federalism" of the Second London Confession, and a more recent 20th century form. [2]
Reformed Baptist churches, also known as Calvinistic Baptist churches, are united in their adherence to historical Baptist Confessions of Faith that belong to the Reformed tradition, such as the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, or the earlier 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith, or the more recent 1966 Strict Baptist Affirmation of Faith.
John Bunyan (1628–1688): [1] English preacher and author of The Pilgrim's Progress; Hercules Collins (ca. 1646–1702): English Pastor, author of An Orthodox Catechism, and signer of the 1689 London Baptist Confession
Keach's Catechism (also known as the 1677 Baptist Catechism or 1693 Baptist Catechism) is a Reformed Baptist catechism consisting of a set of basic questions and answers from scripture teaching readers the basics of the Baptist faith. The Catechism is similar to the earlier Heidelberg Catechism and Westminster Catechism except for the sections ...
Baptist churches, like the congregationalists with whom they share views of polity, compose church covenants for the local congregation. [1] First London Baptist Confession (1644) [16] The Confession of Somerset (1656) [15] Second London Baptist Confession (1689) [17] Adopted in America as the Philadelphia Confession (1742) [15]