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To: Blogger

***Baptists are much older. Baptists organized in England around that time, but to say that is when they started is simply historically inaccurate.***

Do you have any evidence? The earliest Baptist attribution I’ve ever seen is Smyth in Holland.


75 posted on 06/27/2009 11:07:24 AM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr

With the Title “Baptists”, no. Anabaptists, yes. Other re-baptizing groups, yes. Again, not all of these groups was a homogenous unit either, as Baptists today are not a homongenous unit. But rebaptizing of believers is something that is a hallmark of Baptist churches, and you can find that stretching back to the early days of the churches.


227 posted on 06/27/2009 4:14:24 PM PDT by Blogger
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