To: evangmlw
ha! Baptists came from Anabaptists who came from Puritans who came from the Anglicans
The Baptist faith originated from within the English Separatist movement. Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the Church of England (Anglicans) had broken away from the Catholic Church. Then came the mainstream Reformation
Then came John Smyth
in 1606, John Smyth, a Fellow of Christs College, Cambridge, had broken his ties with the Church of England. Reared in the Church of England, he became "Puritan, English Separatist, and then a Baptist Separatist," and ended his days working with the Mennonites
166 posted on
08/16/2010 9:07:05 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
To: Cronos
John the “Baptist,” the forerunner of Jesus Himself, came long before the ana-baptist and the catholics.
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