[P-Marlowe]

Luther wasn't a Baptist.

IIRC, The Baptists were not a part of the Reformation, but instead were the original church from which the Roman Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox churches broke away and then fell into error.

Carry on.

[kosta50]

Another poster states"The Baptists were not a part of the Reformation, but instead were the original church from which the Roman Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox churches broke away and then fell into error"

If one could only prove that Harry Potter really did exist.

Not even the Baptists agree on the origin of this sect. Historically, one can trace it back to a Puritan "heresy" (heresy of a heresy?) in the early 17th century England.

The other one, claiming the Baptist church was the 'first' church (established on "this rock") can be credited to and Arkansas Baptist pastor, J. M. Carroll's, and his booklet The Trail of Blood, 1931, promoting what is known as the "Landmarkist" origin of the Baptist church.

As proof, of the unbroken "lineage" of this church he lists as members of the Baptist "family," are you ready for this, Montanists, Novatianists, Donatists, Paulicians, Albigensians, Catharists, Waldenses, and Anabaptists.