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	BAPTIST CLASSICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Helwys on Congregational Church Polity: One of the "fundamentals" of the faith for Helwys was congregational church government.
		And then Helwys said, "And we may suspect justly that they (Anglicans) would have informed the king that it was very dangerous to suffer so many to go to Christ and his apostles for counsel, and that it was not fit to suffer such giddy heads to have that liberty" (55).
		For Helwys the "mystery of iniquity" was "a working power of Satan," and, given his historical context, he saw this evil especially in the pomp, the power, and the polity of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches who conspired with governments to deny freedom of conscience.
	www.mercer.edu /baptiststudies/classic/baptist_classics_Helwys.htm (1527 words)

	Smyth & Helwys :About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Smyth and Helwys is also a partner with Oxford University Press, both in the distribution of their high quality Bibles, and in the revolutionary linking of certain youth and adult materials to their Access Bible.
		Smyth and Helwys is named for two inspiring pioneers of religious liberty, John Smyth and Thomas Helwys.
		Thomas Helwys (1550-1616) died in an English prison, a martyr for religious freedom.
	www.helwys.com /about/vision.html (455 words)

	Thomas Helwys - Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the early 17th century, Helwys was principal formulator of that distinctively Baptist request: that the church and the state be kept separate in matters of law, so that individuals might have a freedom of religious conscience.
		Thomas Helwys was an advocate of religious liberty at a time when to hold to such views could be dangerous.
		Thomas Helwys was born close to Nottingham around 1550 and was brought up on the Broxtowe Hall estate (Nottingham) that been in his family for generations.
	thomas-helwys.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Thomas_Helwys (1142 words)

	You Can Thank the Baptists for Freedom of Worship
		His father was a country gentleman, his uncle, Geoffrey Helwys, was a merchant who had served as an alderman and sheriff of London, and his cousin, Gervase Helwys was knighted by King James in 1603 and later became lieutenant of the tower of London.
		Thomas was educated at Gray’s Inn in London, a prestigious school of law and a place of general education for the sons of gentlemen and nobles.
		Thomas Helwys settled in Amsterdam as part of the congregation led by John Smyth.
	www.learnthebible.org /history-thank-the-baptists-for-freedom-of-worship.htm (1210 words)

	Lenton Times - Lenton Listener Articles- Church Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thomas Helwys was chosen to commemorate a local Nottinghamshire man and the role he played in the founding of the Baptist movement over three hundred and seventy years ago.
		Thomas Helwys was amongst them, leaving his wife and seven children behind at Broxtowe Hall.
		In 1793 Thomas Bayley left his native Cheshire and moved to Lenton to assist his brother Isaac in the leather factory he owned in Leengate (this was the leatherworks, the buildings of which presently house Bell-Fruit).He was a member of the Scotch Baptist Church.
	www.lentontimes.co.uk /images/gallery/church_street/church_street_listener_16.htm (2311 words)

	General Baptist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Early leaders of the movement were Thomas Helwys and John Smyth (circa 1560-1612).
		Smyth and Helwys gathered a band of believers in the Midlands, but migrated to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1607.
		In 1611, Helwys led a small group back to England and established in Spitalfield what appears to have been the first General Baptist church on English soil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Baptist (456 words)

	The Gospel Guardian * Baptist History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Little is known about the early life of Thomas Helwys except that he hailed from Nottinghamshire on an estate which had been in the family for several generations.
		Helwys received a good education at Grsy's Inn and after some years in London, hte returned to his country home, Broxtowe Hall.
		From Puritan regerences it is know that Helwys' home was a haven for early dissenters and Helwys himself probably aided their cause financially.
	www.gospelguardian.org /gg/h-smyth.htm (574 words)

	Helwys’ demand for religious freedom for all troubles some
		We are profoundly indebted to Mercer Press, 1998, for bringing within reach of ordinary mortals A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity by Thomas Helwys, edited by Richard Groves.
		Helwys, like Baptists today, used a modern English translation of scripture, gave power to all church members, saw civil government as ordained by God, allowed civil servants to be members of the church, practiced believer’s baptism and eliminated infant baptism.
		Helwys called for “universal religious liberty—freedom of conscience for all.” “Let them be heretics, Turks, Jews or whatsoever, it appertains not to the earthly power to punish them in the least measure.”
	www.txbc.org /1998Journals/Dec98Jan99/Dec98Helwys'Demand.htm (453 words)

	BHHS -- Turning Points in Baptist History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Smyth, Helwys, and their church came to believe that their infant baptism was no baptism at all.
		Thomas Helwys, Roger Williams, John Clarke, and a host of other Baptist leaders were the Baptist drum majors for freedom in the seventeenth century!
		Thomas Helwys, A Short Declaration of The Mystery of Iniquity, edited with an introduction by Richard Groves (Macon, GA.: Mercer University Press, 1998), 53.
	www.baptisthistory.org /turningpoints.htm (3026 words)

	Thomas Helwys -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9039946 (637 words)

	Baptist Cameos - Thomas Helwys \| The Reformed Reader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A small group led by Helwys returned from Holland in late 1612 and established themselves as Spitalfields near London.
		Among the themes of Helwys' book: "The Importance of Believer's Baptism", "The Need for the Church of Jesus Christ to Live from Voluntary Support of its Members", "The Absurdity of Coerced Uniformity in Worship Practices", "The Legitimacy of the State and the Role of the Magistrates", "
		In support of local congregational church government, Helwys urged King James I to "freely restore at once to the church and house of God the whole glorious power of Christ" so that the church could elect its own officers according to the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
	www.reformedreader.org /helwys.htm (190 words)

	St. Peter's House: Baptists in the United Kingdom
		Helwys was the author of ‘The Mistery of Iniquity’, the first English printed book to plead for full religious freedom.
		In this work Helwys argued for state and religion to be separated and argued for freedom of religion for all, specifically including in this Islamic, Judaic, and atheistic belief.
		They were Arminian in theology and their church order was independent, with the appointment of inter-congregational officials known as ‘Messengers’.In 1633 a group connected with a Calvinistic Separatist church in London broke away on adopting believer’s baptism.
	www.stpeters.org.uk /baptist.html (1095 words)

	PRINCIPLES AND CUSTOMS OF THE BAPTISTS: A HISTORICAL APPROACH APPLIED TO BRAZIL
		Helwys views may seem to be inconsistent, but his intolerance reflected the times in which he lived.
		The Baptist John Leland, was the one who most influenced Thomas Jefferson in the contention for religious freedom and the condemnation of state religion, which resulted in an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in 1791.
		From Helwys till today, Baptists defend that religion cannot be imposed, and that Government ought to serve as a catalyst to promote mutual respect among faiths, since it is not the State but the Holy Spirit, through the Christians, who attracts sinners to Christ.
	www.bwa-baptist-heritage.org /r_pcbap.htm (8795 words)

	Early Baptists of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1608, Helwys, Smyth, Robinson, and their followers harried themselves from the land and fled to Holland where the House of Orange allowed religious freedom.
		Thomas Helwys and his congregation returned home to be a "Baptist witness and if need be share also in imprisonment and martyrdom."
		Helwys soon wrote a book A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity on religious conditions of his early seventeenth century and a defense of religious freedom for all--the first such work in the English language.
	www.geocities.com /genebrooks/baptists.html (2866 words)

	Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
		Thomas Helwys and John Murton were the leading members of this group.
		Now a still more important step was taken: Smyth, Thomas Helwys, and thirty-six others formed the first church composed of Englishmen that is known to have stood for the baptism of believers only.
		Thomas Helwys and John Murton of England led a small group of followers from the Persecution then taking place In England to the freedom of religious beliefs and practices offered in Holland.
	www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/baptist.htm (2327 words)

	Democracy in the Balance
		In 1612 Roman Catholics were the embattled target of the Crown and Thomas Helwys, the Baptist, came to their defense with the first tract in English demanding full religious liberty.
		Thomas Helwys was not the first or last dissenter to pay the supreme price for conscience.
		Another person's belief, said Thomas Jefferson, "neither picks my pocket not breaks my bones." It was a noble sentiment often breached in practice.
	www.apomie.com /forsale.htm (3243 words)

	English Baptist Beginnings: Origins of Baptist Separatism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Smyth attempted to unite his church with the Dutch Mennonites in 1610, Thomas Helwys and eight to ten others withdrew from Smyth's church in protest.
		Thomas Helwys took a courageous step in 1611-12 when he led his tiny group to establish a church that immediately came under severe persecution.
		Thomas Helwys was incarcerated in Newgate Prison for writing a book titled A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity.
	www.karaministries.com /articles/Baptist/begin.htm (2304 words)

	BHHS -- Baptists and Their Theology
		This was one of the reasons that Helwys and other members of the church did not want to align themselves with the Mennonites.
		Helwys lived faithfully what he had expressed eloquently; for in 1612, he was arrested and imprisoned in Newgate Prison, and by 1616 he had died.
		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.
	www.baptisthistory.org /baptistsandtheology.htm (4235 words)

	Beginning at the Beginning
		One of my spiritual forbears was a Baptist in England named Thomas Helwys, who believed that God, and not the King, was the only Lord of conscience.
		In 1612 Helwys the Baptist came to the defense of the Roman Catholics who were the beleaguered target of the Crown.
		Helwys was just one of many dissenters who paid the supreme price for conscience.
	www.daveblackonline.com /beginning_at_the_beginning.htm (700 words)

	First Baptist Church of Fairfax History
		In 1607, John Smythe, Thomas Helwys and John Murton of England led a small group of followers from the Persecution then taking place In England to the freedom of religious beliefs and practices offered in Holland.
		Thomas Youmans united with the church soon after this and served as clerk faithfully for many years.
		He married Annie Lee Thomas of the Fairfax Church and together they are serving with the Foreign Mission Board In Nigeria in Hospital Administration work, teaching and preaching.
	sciway3.net /clark/allendale/ffaxbaptist.html (5773 words)

	English Dissenters: Baptists
		Helwys had decided that remaining safe in Holland did not serve the needs of promoting his religious views in England even if it might mean potential prison time, or possible death.
		Thomas Helwys with members of his remaining Gainsborough-on-Trent congregation arrived at Spitalfield, the old convent hospital on the eastern boundary of the City of London ca.
		Helwys had held that they were not, Tookey took acception to this view and left.
	www.exlibris.org /nonconform/engdis/baptists.html (5845 words)

	Doing Church Baptist Style: Congregationalism
		He then baptized himself, Thomas Helwys, and about 40 other members of their congregation.
		Thomas Helwys penned a confession of faith in 1611.
		Thomas Helwys, A Short Declaration of Faith of English People Remaining at Amsterdam in Holland, 1611, in Lumpkin, 121–22.
	www.baptisthistory.org /pamphlets/congregationalism.htm (3496 words)

	SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612) - Encyclopedia Britannica - SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612) - JCSM's Study ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He and his company were then faced by the dilemma that their own infant baptism did not count, and Smyth solved the problem by first baptizing himself (hence the name Se-Baptist), probably by affusion, and then administering the rite to Helwys and the others.
		Afterwards with 41 others he decided that instead of baptizing himself he should have been baptized by the Mennonites, in spite of their heretical view of the Person of Christ, and applied for admission to their fellowship.
		Helwys and Morton returned to England, and established the first English Baptist churches.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/SIV_SOU/SMYTH_or_SMITH_JOHN_c_1570_161.html (741 words)

	Award Recipient Remarks - Bill Moyers - Interfaith Alliance
		So James had Thomas Helwys thrown into prison where he died.
		In no small part because a Baptist like Thomas Helwys and other free thinkers, the men who framed our Constitution believed in religious tolerance in a secular republic.
		Another man's belief said, "Thomas Jefferson neither picks my pocket nor breaks my bones." It was a noble sentiment often breached in practice.
	www.interfaithalliance.org /site/pp.asp?c=8dJIIWMCE&b=257084 (2125 words)

	Web Exclusive! Full Transcript of Bill Moyers' Speech at Pentecost 2004, Sojourners Magazine/August 2004
		In 1612 Roman Catholics were the embattled target of the Crown and Thomas Helwys, the Baptist, came to their defense with the first tract in English demanding full religious liberty.
		Thomas Helwys was not the first or last dissenter to pay the supreme price for conscience.
		Thomas sent me a drawing he had made of a man. And what a man it was!
	www.sojo.net /index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0408&article=040810x (5180 words)

	America, You Owe the Baptists A Lot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thomas Jefferson said to his neighbors, the members of the Baptist Church of Buck Mountain, in Albermarle, April 13, 1809: "We have contributed, each in the line allotted us, our endeavors to render its issue a permanent blessing to our country.
		Thomas, when young, loved to visit her home in Goochland County and to attend the Baptist church with her.
		This may be the foundation for the unsubstantiated tradition that he got his ideas of government from a Baptist church.
	www.baptistpillar.com /bd0601.htm (1975 words)

	English General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The earliest Baptists -- John Smyth, Thomas Helwys and the members of their congregations -- believed that Christ died for all persons.
		Those persons who reject God's grace and refuse his love condemn themselves to perpetually exist apart from the loving relation for which they were created.
		Thomas Helwys planted the first Baptist church in England in 1612.
	www.mainstreambaptists.org /mbn1/english_general.htm (200 words)

	Thomas Helwys Centre - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A commitment to religious freedom for all has been a key concern for Baptists from their early experiences of persecution onwards.
		Thomas Helwys was a leader of the earliest Baptist church established in England, and later died in prison for being a Baptist.
		In 1612 he addressed to King James 1 A short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity, which contains a remarkable plea for religious freedom for all religious groups, and it is this which has given him an honoured place among Baptists, and which led the College to name its new Centre after him.
	195.195.162.129 /helwys/history.html (159 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Baptists
		John Smyth and Thomas Helwys, English separatists of Congregational persuasion, founded the first Baptist church on Dutch soil at Amsterdam in 1609.
		Smyth eventually applied to join the Mennonites, and Helwys returned to an unfriendly England.
		There, in 1611 or 1612, he led a small group of Christians in establishing the first Baptist church on English soil, at Spitalfields, near London.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761559750___3/Baptists.html (614 words)

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