baptizō "Signifies to Dip or to Wash, but Never to Sprinkle": London Baptists and Dipping as the Sign of Lay Supremacy, 1641-1645 = βαπτίζω “Signifies to Dip or to Wash, but Never to Sprinkle” : London Baptists and Dipping as the Sign of Lay Supremacy, 1641–1645
The article argues that Baptists, General and Particular, linked the practice of immersion or dipping with a lay and anti-clerical conception of Christian ministry. Moreover, it claims that Baptist leaders who were involved in the introduction of dipping saw the practice as a sign of lay supremacy....
| Subtitles: | βαπτίζω “Signifies to Dip or to Wash, but Never to Sprinkle” |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Church history and religious culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 99, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-182 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Baptists
/ Baptism
/ Immersion
/ Lay theology
/ Anti-clericalism
/ History 1641-1645
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RB Church office; congregation RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptists
B Baptism B Translation B Puritans B Humanism B Anti-clericalism |
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| Summary: | The article argues that Baptists, General and Particular, linked the practice of immersion or dipping with a lay and anti-clerical conception of Christian ministry. Moreover, it claims that Baptist leaders who were involved in the introduction of dipping saw the practice as a sign of lay supremacy. The argument traces the Baptist laical and anti-clerical conception of Christian ministry by examining relevant texts by Baptists leaders such as Thomas Helwys (1556-1616), John Murton (1585-c. 1626), and Edmund Chillenden (fl. 1631-1678). Drawing on Rosemary O'Day's "professionalization thesis," the contention is made that Particular Baptists moved away from the strong anti-clericalism of the movement in the direction of the adoption of professional standards of ministry. Moreover, the article examines the strong correlation between the themes of laical authority and dipping in tracts that were published between 1641 and 1645 by Edward Barber (d. 1663), A.R. (fl. 1642), Benjamin Cox (1595-1663?), Hanserd Knollys (1598-1691), and William Kiffin (1616-1701). |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09902002 |