The Beginning of Baptist Ecclesiology: The Foundational Contributions of Thomas Helwys (Monographs in Baptist History)
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1532614586 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 174 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is also the author of Basil of Caesarea (2014). Marvin Jones is the Chair of the Christian Studies Division at Louisiana College in Pineville, LA
About the Author Marvin Jones is the Chair of the Christian Studies Division at Louisiana College in Pineville, LA. He is also the author of Basil of Caesarea (2014).
The basic question, "Where did Baptists come from and why?" has two camps that offer differing explanations: (1) the English Separatist camp produced the ministries of foundational Baptists, John Smyth and Thomas Helwys, thus takes credit for Baptist origins, and (2) the Anabaptist movement is the alternative camp, understanding either a direct connection via lineage back to the infamous Swiss Brethren or an indirect connection via Anabaptist teachings. When The Mystery of Iniquity is properly understood, as Helwys intended, the reader will grasp the logical reasons that the Baptist church in 1607 was akin to both the English Separatist and the Anabaptist and yet differed from both. Anabaptist ecclesiology is very much akin, if not in some ways identical, to modern Baptist ecclesiology.In fact, the Baptist church, led by John Smyth and successively by Thomas Helwys, resembled both English Separatist and the Anabaptist ecclesiology with notable differences between both entities. In The Beginning of Baptist Ecclesiology, Marvin Jones give a fresh voice to Thomas Helwys's opinion that a Baptist church is a viable New Testament church, and pr