Reformed Baptists: Difference between revisions

'''Reformed Baptists''' (also known as '''Particular Baptists''' or '''Confessional Baptists'''),<ref name= Ward>{{cite book|last1= Ward | first1 = Rowland |last2= Humphreys|first2= Robert|edition= 3rd|title= Religious Bodies in Australia: A comprehensive Guide |year= 1995|publisher=New Melbourne Press|isbn= 978-0-646-24552-2|page=119}}</ref> are [[Baptists]] that hold to a [[Calvinist soteriology]] (salvation belief).<ref>{{cite book| last = Leonard | first = Bill J. | title = Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers: Exploring the Christian Faith | page= 5 | year = 2009| publisher = Westminster John Knox Press | isbn = 978-0-664-23289-4 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uPL4oJM6q_UC&pg=PP1 | access-date= 17 November 2012}}</ref> Depending on the denomination, Calvinistic Baptists adhere to varying degrees of [[Calvinism|Reformed]] theology, ranging from simply embracing the [[Calvinism#Five_Points_of_Calvinism|Five Points of Calvinism]], to accepting a modified form of [[covenant theology|federalism]]; all Calvinistic Baptists reject the classical Reformed teaching on [[infant baptism]]. 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=Hercules |title=An Orthodox Catechism |date=1680 |publisher=RBAP |location=Q65 - Q78 |isbn=0980217911}}</ref> The first Calvinistic Baptist church was formed in the 1630s.<ref name=Ward /> The [[1689 Baptist Confession of Faith]] is a significant summary of the beliefs of Reformed Baptists.<ref name= Ward /> The name "Reformed Baptist" dates from the latter part of the 20th century to denote Baptists who retained [[Baptist ecclesiology]], and reaffirmed [[Reformed theology|Reformed biblical theology]], such as [[Covenant theology]].

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