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<DIV><FONT size=2>Are the Baptist next on the his list of other Christian sects,
like the Catholics and Mormons, whose members Douglas Wilson claims will not be
saved since their dogma differs from his?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Also see the last paragraph below for a humorous satire
of the internal wars between the Baptists and a poke at all disagreements
between radical Christians.</FONT></DIV>
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Protestants</B></FONT></A><BR><SMALL><B><A
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</FONT></B><FONT size=2>| Daniel Chamberlin </FONT></SMALL><BR>
<P><SMALL><FONT size=2>Posted on <B><SPAN class=date>08/18/2010 6:13:43 PM
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<P>Our view of church history. It may come as a surprise to contemporary
Protestant and Roman Catholics to learn that Baptists did not originate at the
Reformation. The more ancient historians, even those opposed to Baptist
principles, admit­ted this; the more modern writers tend to ignore, dismiss
or deny it. There is abundant evidence to affirm that evangelical churches,
sound in the essentials of the faith, known by various names, existed in Europe
from the days of the Apostles down through the middle ages. The Waidensian
Confession of 1120 is an example of sound gospel belief during those times. </P>
<P>These Anabaptists, as they were deridingly called by their foes, were
bitterly persecuted by the official pseudo-Christianity which apostatized under
Constantine. These valiant people were our forefathers in the faith. (Of course,
we do not identify with some truly heretical sects who were erroneously
classified with them.) Many have forgotten that some of Calvin's theology was
shaped by an Anabaptist cousin. Calvin acknowledged . . . that he too "was at
one time a Waidensian." (Leonard Verduin, The Anatomy of a Hybrid, p. 199.)<BR
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target=_blank>baptisthistoryhomepage.com</A> ...</P>
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<DIV class=a2>To: <B>Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; John Leland 1789;
daniel1212</B></DIV>
<DIV class=b2><I>C.H. Spurgeon well summarized our position: </I>
<P><I><STRONG>We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. <FONT
color=#ff0000>We did not commence our existence at the refor­mation, we were
reformers before Luther or Calvin were born</FONT></STRONG>; we never came from
the Church of Rome, for we were never in it, but we have an unbroken line up to
the apostles them­selves. We have always existed from the very days of
Christ, and our prin­ciples, sometimes veiled and forgot­ten, like a
river which may travel un­der ground for a little season, have always had
honest and holy adher­ents . . . (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pul­pit, 1861,
p. 225.)</I></P>
<P><I>. . . we, known among men, in all ages, by various names, such as
Donatists, Novatians, Paulicians, Petrobrussians, Cathari, Arnoldists, Hussites,
Waldenses, Lollards, and Anabaptists, have always contended for the purity of
the Church, and her distinctness and separation from hu­man government. Our
fathers were men inured to hardships, and unused to ease. They present to us,
their chil­dren, an unbroken line which comes legitimately from the
apostles, not through the filth of Rome . . . (Ibid., p. 613.)</I> <BR
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<P>I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge,
about to jump off. I immediately ran over and said, “Stop! Don’t do it!”<BR>“Why
shouldn’t I?” he said.<BR>I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”<BR>“Like
what?”<BR>“Well ... are you religious or atheist?”<BR>“Religious.”<BR>“Me too!
Are you Christian or Jewish?”<BR>“Christian.”<BR>“Me too! Are you Catholic or
Protestant?”<BR>“Protestant.”<BR>“Me too! Are you Episcopalian or
Baptist?”<BR>“Baptist.”<BR>“Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or
Baptist Church of the Lord?”<BR>“Baptist Church of God.”<BR>“Me too! Are you
Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of
God?”<BR>“Reformed Baptist Church of God.”<BR>“Wow! Me too! Are you Reformed
Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God,
reformation of 1915?”<BR>“Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of
1915!”<BR>To which I said, “Die, heretic scum!” and pushed him
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