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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Baptists
The Philadelphia Confession is the Westminster (Presbyterian) Confession (1646) revised in a Baptist sense.
The Northern Baptists constituted, 17 May, 1907, at Washington, a representative body, called the "Northern Baptist Convention", whose object is "to give expression to the sentiment of its constituency upon matters of denominational importance and of general religious and moral interest." Governor Hughes of New York was elected president of the new organization.
The earliest Baptist church in the Dominion of Canada was organized at Horton, Nova Scotia, in 1763, by the Rev. Ebenezer Moulton of New England.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02278a.htm   (3965 words)

  
 BHHS -- Baptists and Their Theology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In Holland, the Baptists presumably were aware of the theology of the Remonstrants, the followers of James Arminius, whose "Five Arminian Articles" were published in 1610 and elicited from the established church in Holland a five-point response by a famous Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–19.
The Particular Baptists issued their first confession of faith in London in 1644, two years after the civil war had begun and two years before the Westminster Confession was adopted.
To the larger society, Baptists have contributed their awareness that full religious liberty for all citizens entails a separation of church and state, and to the larger church in the world Baptists have contributed the practice of believer’s baptism as a way of achieving an intentional faith community, the believers’ church.
www.baptisthistory.org /baptistsandtheology.htm   (4235 words)

  
 Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The administrative divisions are further subdivided into townships, wards, and villages.
Christianity is practised by 4% of the population, primarily among the hill-dwelling Kachin, Chin and Kayin, and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas.
Most Christians are Protestants, in particular Baptists of the Myanmar Baptist Convention.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Myanmar   (4861 words)

  
 History Of Baptists
It is well known that Baptists, Mennonites, and Quakers in their history have much in common, but while they agree in many particulars there are essential differences.
Baptists have never had a common creed, and it is equally true that they have never recognized any authoritative creed.
It is, nevertheless, a right royal succession, that in every age the Baptists have been advocates of liberty for all, and have held that the gospel of the Son of God makes every man a free man in Christ Jesus.
www.trailofblood.com /History%20Of%20Baptists.htm   (13172 words)

  
 FWB Net - Wordbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Baptists were first identified by the name General Baptists in 17th century England.
They were called General Baptists because they believed in a general Atonement - holding that the death of Christ made salvation possible for any persons who voluntarily exercise faith in Christ.
In America, the General Baptists also declined and were often overtaken by the churches of the Regular Baptists.
www.freebaptist.net /modules/wordbook/entry.php?entryID=20   (377 words)

  
 The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc.
The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., is committed to the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the exalted Lord of all things.
The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., predominantly publishes material that focuses upon the identity, history and theology of the evangelical Baptist churches.
John Gill said, "I am a Baptist, and he may call me, if he pleases, a new one, or an old Calvinistic one, or an Antinomian one; it is a very trifle to me." An Answer to the Birmingham Dialogue-Writer &c.
www.standardbearer.org   (541 words)

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