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Edification and Beauty
The Practical Ecclesiology of the English Particular Baptists, 1675-1705

by James M Renihan


ItemNo/ISBN-13:		978-1-84227-251-0
Publisher:		Paternoster Press
Details:		Paperback, 207 pages

Our Price:		NZ$61.10


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Edification and Beauty describes the practices of the Particular Baptist churches at the end of the seventeenth century in terms of three concentric circles: at the centre is the theological summary of their views as contained and expressed in the Second London Confession (1677/89), which is then fleshed out in the various published writings of the men associated with these churches, and, finally, expressed in the church books of the era.

It describes in detail a wide variety of ecclesiological practices, demonstrating that these churches and their leaders sought to work out in practice the principles they publicly confessed. The book demonstrates that confessional subscription was taken seriously and practiced carefully within the Particular Baptist churches.

This careful and systematic study breaks significant new ground in the history of the English Particular Baptist churches - and, be extension, in our understanding of religious experience of early modern Protestantism. - Crawford Gribben, Trinity College, Dublin

James Renihan has done excellent work in comparing church records of subscribing churches to the ecclesiological issues of the Second London Confession. The book represents the finest, careful, primary source scholarship. Any who see the importance of the period of English Dissent, Baptist history, or confessional dynamics, will benefit from careful attention to Renihan`s work. - Tom Nettles, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville

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