The ministry of women among early Calvinistic Baptists
Although there is considerable documentation of women preachers during the English Civil War period and the Interregnum, it is clear that such activities were not encouraged among English Calvinistic Baptists, and most especially among Particular Baptists. Yet there was a tension in even the most re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-416 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Particular Baptists
/ Woman preacher
/ Prophetess
/ History 1640-1660
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptists
B women preachers B Interregnum B English Civil War B Prophecy |
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| Summary: | Although there is considerable documentation of women preachers during the English Civil War period and the Interregnum, it is clear that such activities were not encouraged among English Calvinistic Baptists, and most especially among Particular Baptists. Yet there was a tension in even the most restrictive Baptist teaching on this subject. For since Baptists had opened the door to congregational participation in the public ministry of the church, they were faced with the problem of partially closing that door in order to restrict the ministry of women to that of diakonia, and good works. Nevertheless, a small number of women have been identified as both prophets and Particular Baptists, and the nature and context of their ministry illustrates the role of women in early Baptist communities. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930616000387 |