What is a Reformed Baptist?
The title of this talk is: What is a Reformed Baptist?
By: Pastor Doug Barger
Christ Reformed Baptist Church (New Castle, IN)
What is a Reformed Baptist?
My approach to the answer will be two-fold:
1. Provide a brief historical overview of Reformed Baptists.
2. Provide common held doctrinal distinctives of Reformed Baptists.
I. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
(A) THEOLOGICAL ORIGINS – THREE-FOLD LEGACY (PURITAN, REFORMED, BAPTISTS).
I will assume that you are familiar with the critical event in redemptive history known as the “Reformation” by which the Word of God began to be placed back into its God-ordained role as the Christian Church’s sole authority for all matters pertaining to its Faith and Practice.
This reformation which (according to most scholars) officially began on Oct. 31, (Martin Luther) and it set off a series of events expanding into the next several centuries following it which effected the entire geographical area known as Europe which for centuries had been largely controlled through a Church / State governance dominated by th
Reformed Baptists
Reformed Baptists (also known as Particular Baptists or Confessional Baptists),[1] are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation belief).[2] Depending on the denomination, Calvinistic Baptists adhere to varying degrees of Reformed theology, ranging from simply embracing the Five Points of Calvinism, to accepting a modified form of federalism; all Calvinistic Baptists reject the classical Reformed teaching on infant baptism. While the Reformed Baptist confessions affirm views of the nature of baptism similar to those of the classical Reformed, they reject infants as the proper subjects of baptism.[3] The first Calvinistic Baptist church was formed in the s.[1] The Baptist Confession of Faith is a significant summary of the beliefs of Reformed Baptists.[1] The name "Reformed Baptist" dates from the latter part of the 20th century to denote Baptists who retained Baptist ecclesiology, and reaffirmed Reformed biblical theology, such as Covenant theology.
See also
Bibliography
- Brackney, William H (), Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (2nd ed.), Scarecrow Press, ISBN , retrieved 17
Baptism
- Uppslagsordet ”Baptisterna” leder hit. För konstverket med samma namn, se Baptisterna (målning).
Baptism är en protestantiskkristen riktning som har dop av den som tagit ställning i trosfrågan och gör ett medvetet val enligt Bibeln och kristen tro, så kallat troendedop eller omvändelsedop, som kännetecken. Genom dopet erhålls medlemskap i den lokala församlingen, som utgör en gemenskap av troende. Baptister har en kongregationalistisk organisation och rörelsen består av fria församlingar i samarbete och ömsesidigt beroende.
Historia
Baptismen uppstod som samfundsrörelse genom att från England landsflyktiga kongregationalister i Holland träffade på den mennonistiska grenen av anabaptismen, och tog över bruket att skjuta upp dopet till medveten ålder från anabaptisterna.
Den första egentliga baptistförsamlingen grundades av engelsmannen John Smyth i Holland [1] Under talet växte baptismen i England, och spreds därifrån främst till Amerika, samt från talet och senare till andra länder. Förutom det direkta ursprunget i brittiska separatister[förtydliga] finns även vissa rötter i den radikala
Reformed Baptists
Baptists who hold to a Calvinist soteriology
Reformed Baptists, Particular Baptists and Calvinistic Baptists,[1] are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation belief).[2] Depending on the denomination, Calvinistic Baptists adhere to varying degrees of Reformed theology, ranging from simply embracing the Five Points of Calvinism, to accepting a modified form of federalism; all Calvinistic Baptists reject the classical Reformed teaching on infant baptism. While the Reformed Baptist confessions affirm views of the nature of baptism similar to those of the classical Reformed, they reject infants as the proper subjects of baptism.[3] The first Calvinistic Baptist church was formed in the s.[1] The Baptist Confession of Faith is a significant summary of the beliefs of Reformed Baptists.[1] The name "Reformed Baptist" dates from the latter part of the 20th century to denote Baptists who retained Baptist ecclesiology, and reaffirmed Reformed biblical theology, such as Covenant theology.
Reformed Baptist traditions
[edit]Particular Baptists
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