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General Baptist
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Noun1.General Baptist - group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
Arminian Baptist
Baptist denomination - group of Baptist congregations
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In addition, he contends that no direct linkage has been sufficiently demonstrated between the General Baptists of the 1640s and the congregations of founders John Smyth and Thomas Helwys.
The Early English Baptists, 1603-1649 by Weaver, Doug / Baptist History and Heritage
Yet, even the General Baptists know only the early part of her story.
The story of Asenath Brewster: pioneer in urban missions and mentor ... by Smith, Peter / Baptist History and Heritage
For example, these General Baptists rejected the Augustinian-Calvinistic sense of original sin, abandoned double predestination, and defended the concept that believers could fall from grace--all of which placed them in conflict with Calvinism.
The influence of Calvinism on colonial Baptists: an ongoing argument ... by Williams, Michael E., Sr. / Baptist History and Heritage
 
 
 
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