1644 Baptist Confession of Faith
The 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith, also called the First London Baptist Confession, is Particular Baptist confession of faith.
Origin[]
In 1644, 7 Particular Baptist (Reformed Baptist or Calvinistic Baptist) churches met in London to write a confession of faith.[1] The document called First London Baptist Confession, was published in 1644.[2]
Doctrine[]
This confession of faith contains 53 articles.[3] It contains the doctrine of the believers' Church and the believer's baptism.[4]
References[]
- ^ Crawford Gribben, The Puritan Millennium: Literature and Theology, 1550-1682 (Revised Edition), Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2008, p. 252
- ^ Michael Edward Williams, Walter B. Shurden, Turning Points in Baptist History, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 17
- ^ James Leo Garrett, Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study, Mercer University Press, USA, 2009, p. 53
- ^ Michael Edward Williams, Walter B. Shurden, Turning Points in Baptist History, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 17
External links[]
The full text of 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith at Wikisource
Categories:
- 1644 works
- 1646 works
- Baptist statements of faith
- History of Christianity in England
- 17th-century Christian texts
- Reformed confessions of faith
- Baptist Christianity in England
- 17th-century Calvinism