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In 1644, seven Particular Baptist (Reformed Baptist or Calvinistic Baptist) churches met in London to write a confession of faith. [1] The document, called First London Baptist Confession , was published in 1644.
Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches. [1] The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.
Baptist churches, like the congregationalists with whom they share views of polity, compose church covenants for the local congregation. [1] First London Baptist Confession (1644) [16] The Confession of Somerset (1656) [15] Second London Baptist Confession (1689) [17] Adopted in America as the Philadelphia Confession (1742) [15]
List of Baptist confessions of faith; 0–9. Confession of Faith (1644) Confession of Faith (1689) B. Baptist Affirmation of Faith 1966; Baptist Faith and Message; K.
The Confession of Faith (1689), also known as the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, [1] [2] or the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (to distinguish it from the 1644 London Baptist Confession of Faith), is a Particular Baptist confession of faith.
William Kiffin (1616–1701): English Particular Baptist and signatory of the 1644 First London Baptist Confession and 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Other early Particular Baptists include: Henry Jessey , John Spilsbury , William Collins , John Tombes
The Westminster Confession of Faith, or simply the Westminster Confession, is a Reformed confession of faith.Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the "subordinate standard" of doctrine in the Church of Scotland and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.
While the Reformed Baptist confessions affirm views of the nature of baptism similar to those of the classical Reformed, they reject infants as the proper subjects of baptism. [3] The first Calvinistic Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. [1] The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith is a significant summary of the beliefs of Reformed Baptists. [1]