Tag: Baptist History

"It was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."--Jude 3. 1. The council of Nice, already referred to, took notice of two sorts of Dissenters, who held separate assemblies. These were the Cathari and P...

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and I will receive you."--2 Cor. 6:17. 1. At the commencement of the fourth century, distinct and separate bodies of professed Christians continued to exist throughout the Roman empire. Each church had an elder to preside, whil...

"After my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock."--Acts 20:29. 1. The tragical conduct of Severus towards the disciples of Jesus has been mentioned. His son and successor, Caracalla, was mild in his measures. Several emperors followed in rather hasty succession, w...

The Baptist History Library and Archives is a worldwide center for the study of Baptist history. It is located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The library was founded in 1925 and is governed by the Council of Seminary Presidents. The library's...

"Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."--Rev. 13:10, 14:12. 1. The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of Revelation should be read in connection with the history of these churches; and though we cannot give a full detail of their sufferings, we will essay to epitomize the statements give...

"From the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent taketh it by force."--Matt. 11:12. 1. Ecclesiastical history must ever prove an interesting subject to every true lover of Zion. Not only does every saint feel personally interested in her blessing...

"I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy," &c.--Rev. 11:3,4. 1. Taking the general features of this prophecy, it appears to have had a more exact accomplishment in the Albigensian and Waldensian churches, than in any other statement of religious communities on record. Th...

"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee," &c.--Rev. 3:10. 1. There is a range of mountains, the highest in Europe, extending from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean Seas, and separating Italy from France, Switzerland, and Germany. The principality of Piedmont derive ...

"As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against." --Acts 28:22. 1. That vast tract of land, called by the Romans GERMANY, extended one way from the North Sea to the banks of the Danube, and the other from Gaul to the Maeotick lake. This immense tract of forests and mountains, ...

January 10, 2001 - The following description of the tortures of the Catholic inquisition in Germany in the 16th century is from J. Wylie’s History of Protestantism, Book 15, Chapter 11: Turn we now to the town of Nuremberg, in Bavaria. The zeal with which Duke Albert, the sovereign of Bavaria, enter...

"Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it." --Rev. 3: 8. 1. The kingdom of Bohemia is, in point of territorial surface, the most elevated ground, the most mountainous, and by nature the strongest in Germany. The country is about three hundred miles long, and two hundred an...

"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."--Phil. 2:3. 1. The death of Domitian, in 97, introduced Nerva, a tolerant emperor to the throne. In 98, Trajan became possessed of the sceptre, whose prejudices were very strong against the followers ...