Term
Baptists
Members of a Christian denomination that arose from 17th-century English Congregationalism and rejected infant baptism as unscriptural.
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Definition
Members of a denomination of Christians that rejected infant baptism as unscriptural, arose out of English Congregationalism in the 17th century.
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- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 84Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 84.
Last revised August 14, 2026