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Seventh-Day Baptists
(Encyclopedia) Seventh-Day Baptists, Protestant church holding the same doctrines as other Calvinistic Baptists but observing the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. In the Reformation in England…Baptists
(Encyclopedia) Baptists, denomination of Protestant Christians holding a distinctive belief with regard to the ordinance of baptism. Since 1644 the name has been applied to those who maintain that…Brewer's: Baptist
John the Baptist. His symbol is a sword, the instrument by which he was beheaded. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BarBaptes A B C D E F G H I J K…John the Baptist
John the Baptist is a key figure in the Biblical stories of Jesus of Nazareth. According to the Gospels, John's role was to announce the coming of Jesus: in John 1:23 he tells interrogators, "I am…Backus, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Backus, IsaacBackus, Isaacbăkˈəs [key], 1724–1806, American clergyman, leader among New England Baptists and a champion of religious freedom, b. Norwich, Conn. Converted in the Great…separatists
(Encyclopedia) separatists, in religion, those bodies of Christians who withdrew from the Church of England. They desired freedom from church and civil authority, control of each congregation by its…Brewer's: Particular Baptists
That branch of the Baptist Dissenters who limit the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to those who have been recipients of adult baptism. Open Baptists admit any baptised person to receive it…Brewer's: John the Baptist
Patron saint of missionaries. He was sent “to prepare the way of the Lord.” In Christian art he is represented in a coat of sheepskins, in allusion to his life in the desert; either…baptism
(Encyclopedia) baptism [Gr., =dipping], in most Christian churches a sacrament. It is a rite of purification by water, a ceremony invoking the grace of God to regenerate the person, free him or her…Brewer's: Six-Principle Baptists
(The). Those whose creed is Hebrews iv 1, 2 Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sixes and SevensSix Points A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Trending
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