To follow the Lambe wheresoever He goeth: ecclesial polity of the English Calvinistic Baptists, 1640-1660
This book explores the doctrine of the church among English Calvinistic Baptists between 1640 and 1660. It examines the emergence of Calvinistic Baptists against the background of the demise of the Episcopal Church of England, the establishment by Act of Parliament of the Westminster Assembly of Div...
| Subtitles: | Ecclesial polity of the English Calvinistic Baptists, 1640-1660 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
2017
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| In: |
Monographs in Baptist history (volume 5)
Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Monographs in Baptist history
volume 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Baptists
/ Calvinism
/ History 1640-1660
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| Further subjects: | B
Baptists (England)
History 17th century
B Calvinistic Baptists (England) History 17th century B Church Polity History 17th century B Calvinists (England) History 17th century |
| Summary: | This book explores the doctrine of the church among English Calvinistic Baptists between 1640 and 1660. It examines the emergence of Calvinistic Baptists against the background of the demise of the Episcopal Church of England, the establishment by Act of Parliament of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, and the attempted foundation of a Presbyterian Church of England. Ecclesiology was one of the most important doctrines under consideration in this phase of English history, and this book is a contribution to understanding alternative forms of ecclesiology outside of the mainstream National Church settlement. It argues that the development of Calvinistic Baptist ecclesiology was a natural development of one stream of Puritan theology, the tradition associated with Robert Brown, and the English separatist movement. This tradition was refined and made experimental in the work of Henry Jacob, who founded a congregation in London in 1616 from which Calvinistic Baptists emerged. Central to Jacob's ideology was the belief that a rightly ordered church acknowledged Christ as King over his people. The christological priority of early Calvinistic Baptist ecclesiology will constitute the primary contribution of this study to the investigation of dissenting theology in the period. -- "Casting balls of wildfire into the bosom of the church" : the emergence of English Particular Baptist churches to 1660 -- "A true visible church of Christ" : the contours of Calvinistic Baptist ecclesiology -- "To follow the lambe wheresoever he goeth" : the church of King Jesus -- "A holy and orderly communion" : theology and practice of discipline among early Particular Baptists -- "An intolerable usurpation" : theology and practice of ministry among early Particular Baptists -- "The counsel and help of one another" : independency and interdependency : Particular Baptists in association |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's Ph.D. thesis, University of St Andrews, July 2014, entitled Ecclesial polity of the English Calvinistic Baptists, 1640-1660 Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index |
| ISBN: | 1498209017 |