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Particular Baptist confession of faith
Confession of Faith
The Confession of Faith , also called the First London Baptist Confession , is a
Particular Baptist
confession of faith .
Origin
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.
[2]
Doctrine
This
confession of faith contains 53 articles.
[3] It contains the doctrine of the
believers' Church and the
believer's baptism .
[2]
References
^ Crawford Gribben, The Puritan Millennium: Literature and Theology, 1550-1682 (Revised Edition) , Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2008, p. 252
^
a
b Michael Edward Williams, Walter B. Shurden, Turning Points in Baptist History , Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 17
^ James Leo Garrett, Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study , Mercer University Press, USA, 2009, p. 53