General Baptist ‘Primitivism’, the Radical Reformation, and Matthew Caffyn: A Response to Kegan A. Chandler
Kegan A. Chandler recently argued that the Anabaptist movement was in part defined by an acceptance of anti-Trinitarianism, which heritage became a part of General Baptist life from the beginning; on this basis he locates Matthew Caffyn as an authentic representative of the General Baptist movement....
| 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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| In: |
Journal of European Baptist Studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Caffyn, Matthew 1628-1714
/ Baptists
/ Christology
/ Trinity
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Matthew Caffyn
B Christology B Trinity B General Baptists |
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| Summary: | Kegan A. Chandler recently argued that the Anabaptist movement was in part defined by an acceptance of anti-Trinitarianism, which heritage became a part of General Baptist life from the beginning; on this basis he locates Matthew Caffyn as an authentic representative of the General Baptist movement. I argue that Chandler’s historical reconstruction of the Radical Reformation is flawed, being based on some errors of fact and some misreadings, and that most Anabaptists, and all early General Baptists, were unreflectively orthodox in their Trinitarianism. I suggest however that the case of Caffyn suggests both a willingness on the part of the denomination to regard orthopraxy as important alongside orthodoxy, and a degree of suspicion of non-biblical standards of orthodoxy. |
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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.v21i1.701 |