Lecture 1

Question 1

Three theories of Baptist origin

Answer 1

1. Successionism
2. Anabaptist Kinship
3. English Separatist

Question 2

Two forms of successionsism

Answer 2

i. Organic

ii. Principle

Question 3

Critiques of successionisism

Answer 3

i. Based on ecclesiological practices
ii. Deemphasizes ecumenism
iii. Historical evidence
iv. Negative: what is the role of the universal church?

Question 4

Critiques of Anabaptist kinship

Answer 4

i. Lack of demonstrable historical connection
ii. English Baptists denied being Anabaptists (who is an Anabaptist?).
iii. Most early Baptists seem to have come through Congregationalism influenced by English Separatism

Question 5

Important doctrines of English separatists

Answer 5

i. Search for pure church reflected in proper ecclesiology
ii. Separation of church and state
iii. The Bible as the rule of faith and practice
iv. The priesthood of all believers