Succession History: Some Early Baptist Perspectives

Most modern researchers have been dismissive of connexions between seventeenth-century English Baptists and the Anabaptists. It is often assumed that the eighteenth-century historian, Thomas Crosby, was the first to suggest a type of succession between the English Baptists and other religious radica...

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Main Author: Bass, Clint 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2016]
In: Baptist quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-16
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Anabaptists
B Baptists
B Historiography
B Succession
B Waldenses
B Lollards
B Cathari
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Summary:Most modern researchers have been dismissive of connexions between seventeenth-century English Baptists and the Anabaptists. It is often assumed that the eighteenth-century historian, Thomas Crosby, was the first to suggest a type of succession between the English Baptists and other religious radicals of centuries past. This article explores the historical theory of some early English Baptists who regarded the Anabaptists and other sects as their forebears. Some early leaders of the English Baptists did not embrace successionism, but others did, and their presence reveals an acceptance of Anabaptism that is seldom acknowledged in contemporary historiography.
ISSN:2056-7731
Contains:Enthalten in: Baptist quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0005576X.2015.1127062