A Note Concerning the Text, Editions, and Authorship of The 1660 Standard Confession of the General Baptists

The, hitherto anonymous, Confession prepared by a General Baptist assembly in London in 1660 became the ‘Standard Confession' of the denomination following its adoption at the General Assembly of 1663; re-issued by Thomas Grantham in 1678, and re-affirmed repeatedly by the General Assembly thro...

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Pubblicato in:Baptist quarterly
Autore principale: Holmes, Stephen R. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2016]
In: Baptist quarterly
Notazioni IxTheo:KAH Età moderna
KBF Isole Britanniche
KDG Chiese libere
NBA Dogmatica
Altre parole chiave:B Matthew Caffyn
B John Parsons
B General Baptists
B Joseph Wright
B confessional documents
Accesso online: Volltext (Verlag)
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Riepilogo:The, hitherto anonymous, Confession prepared by a General Baptist assembly in London in 1660 became the ‘Standard Confession' of the denomination following its adoption at the General Assembly of 1663; re-issued by Thomas Grantham in 1678, and re-affirmed repeatedly by the General Assembly through the 1690s, it is unquestionably the most significant symbolic document of the English General Baptists. I argue on the basis of textual evidence that the standard editorial history is wrong: there were two editions in 1660, but no new edition in 1663. I further argue that there is good reason to assume that the authors of the Confession were Matthew Caffyn, Joseph Wright, and John Parsons, senior.
ISSN:2056-7731
Comprende:Enthalten in: Baptist quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0005576X.2015.1127064