Baptist tradition
A living tradition within Protestantism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Baptist tradition is a living tradition within Protestantism. Also written Baptists.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: John Smyth, Thomas Helwys. Founding date given as 1609. In 1608 a group of Lincolnshire Separatists took refuge in Holland under John Smyth, a Cambridge graduate. Concluding that baptism should be restricted to believers, Smyth published The Character of the Beast (1609) and in that year baptised himself and then 36 others, forming a Baptist church. Britannica calls Smyth the founder of the organised Baptists of England.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Baptist tradition.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-baptist-tradition.
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