‘A Union of Sentiments in Apostolical Doctrines’: The Catholicity of Andrew Fuller
Andrew Fuller has been called an example of Particular Baptist catholicity in recent scholarship but was castigated as uncatholic in sentiment by those closer to his own era. This reality, combined with Fuller’s importance to Particular Baptist history, makes his understanding and practice of cathol...
| Published in: | Journal of European Baptist Studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Baptist Theological Study Centre
2021
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Journal of European Baptist Studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fuller, Andrew 1754-1815
/ Ryland, John 1753-1825
/ Wesley, John 1703-1791
/ Evangelical movement
/ Particular Baptists
/ Catholicity
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Andrew Fuller
B John Wesley B Particular Baptist B John Ryland B Catholicity B Evangelical |
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| Summary: | Andrew Fuller has been called an example of Particular Baptist catholicity in recent scholarship but was castigated as uncatholic in sentiment by those closer to his own era. This reality, combined with Fuller’s importance to Particular Baptist history, makes his understanding and practice of catholicity a topic worthy of examination. This article examines the writings of Fuller to discern which of the foregoing assertions is correct. While not denying the importance of recent discussions regarding Baptist catholicity, the present work seeks to understand Fuller’s own thoughts on what he would have called a ‘catholic spirit’. Fuller’s nuanced, truth-oriented catholicity is placed in its historical context alongside his contemporaries John Ryland, Jr and John Wesley. |
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| ISSN: | 1804-6444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of European Baptist Studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25782/jebs.v21i1.700 |