A Brief History of Christian Baptism: From John the Baptist to John Smyth

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Baptism of Jesus

Stained glass from the old Mars Hill sanctuary

Written by Robert Jones Acworth, Georgia

 Copyright 1998 Robert C. Jones

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To see a video extract from this course, presented by the author:

Baptism Timeline: Early Church Fathers (November 21, 2010; Length 9:37)

Baptism in the Pre-Nicene Church - Form (December 12, 2010; Length 8:33)

The Baptism of Constantine (December 19, 2010; Length 9:36)

Augustine and the Pelagian heresy (January 9, 2011; Length 8:58)

Reformation Theology on Baptism: Part One (January 9, 2011; Length 9:04)

Reformation Theology on Baptism: Part Two (January 16, 2011; Length 9:51)

Anabaptists and Baptism (January 23, 2011; Length 6:10)

Baptists and Baptism (January 23, 2011; Length 6:43)

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Keywords found in http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com/baptism/baptism.pdf

Anabaptists

Baptists

Circumcision

Constantine

Donatist

Holy Spirit

Jesus

John Calvin

John Smythe

John the Baptist

Martin Luther

Novatian

Pelagian

Pelagius

Separatists

St. Augustine

Ulrich Zwingli

Westminster Confession


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