But one cause can be plausibly assigned for this phenomenon, and that is, Baptist loyalty to their fundamental principle, the word of God the only rule of faith and practice. The Scriptures are easily "understanded of the people," even the unlettered who approach them with open minds desiring to know the will of God. Such may not become great biblical scholars, but they will learn everything that it is important for them to know for their eternal salvation and daily guidance. They may not become profound theologians, but they will learn the cardinal truths of the Christian faith, and learn them more accurately in their right relations than the student of some human system is likely to learn them.
Loyalty to this principle has been the strength of Baptists in the past, and as they are loyal to it in future they may expect increase in numbers, in strength, and in unity.
France, 103; crushed by crusade, 104. Allison, Doctor Burgess, 352. Alline, Henry, evangelist, 277. Amsterdam, first Baptist church in, 4,
Anabaptists: name misapplied to Eng- lish believers, 3; English vs. Conti- nental, 4; Novatians and Donatists so named, 66; relation to Waldenses, 128, 130; origin of Swiss, 129; become separate party, 136; persecution in Zurich, 138, 140; disappear, 141; in canton of Bern, 142; emigrate to America, 143: teachings of, 144; many varieties in Germany, 146; their sudden appearance, 148; opposed to persecution, 161; persecuted every- where, 161; Sebastian Franck on, 165; Münzer not of them, 174; discredited by disorders at Münster, 179-181; Melanchthon on persecution of, 181; in Moravia, 154, 182; disappearance of, 184; number of martyrs among, 188; Henry VIII. persecutes, 193; Joan of Kent burned, 195; Edward Wightman burned, 197.
Anderson, Martin B., 357. Anderson, Rev. Elisha, 278. Andru, Rev. Henri, 396.
Angus, Rev. Joseph, 267. Angrogne, Synod of, 126.
Anti-mission Baptists, 326, 333, 388. Antioch, crisis at, 20.
Antinomianism: among Bogomils, 78; in England, 240.
Arius and his teachings: condemned by Council of Nice, 67; favored by Julian, 68. Arnold of Brescia: his evangelical teaching, 9; life and labors, 80-85. Arminius: his theology, 203-205; his teachings modified, 419. Asceticism, growth of, 55, 60. Aspersion, first recognized, 49. Associations: first formed in England, 239; General Baptist, 247; Six-prin-
ciple, 267; in Nova Scotia, 280; in New Brunswick, 281; in the United States: Philadelphia, 306, 310, 314; Kehukee, 317; Mahoning, Redstone, Dover, 343.
Athanasius and his teaching, 68-70. Augsburg, Anabaptists of, 4, 158. Augustine: his adult baptism, 50; op- poses Donatists, 66; defends perse- cution, 97. Australasia, Baptists in, 285.
Baptism act of, 4; immediately fol- lowed belief, 25; clinic, 48; regarded as sacrament, 46; and the catechu- menate, 51; "for remission of sins," 343: Dean Stanley on, 413. Baptism of believers: the original prac- tice, 4; continued for centuries, 50; practised by Patrick, 72; by Bogomils, 77: by Petrobrusians, 114: by Hen- ricians, 118; by Waldenses, 123, 126; by Anabaptists, 136; the distinctive Baptist principle, 146; practised by Smyth's church, 204.
Baptism of infants: not found in New Testament, 26; how and when intro- duced, 49, 50; practised by Donatists, 66; denied by medieval sects, 102; rejected by Henry of Lausanne, 118; by Waldenses, 123, 126; opposed by Münzer, 171; rejected by Mennonites, 190; questioned by Dunster, 297. Baptists name first given, 3, 4; first church of, 4, 203; and apostolic suc- cession, 6-10; beginnings of, 201; origin of General, 204; false claims of antiquity of, 205; origin of Particular, 205; growth of, 211; relations of, to Mennonites, 209; on side of Parlia- ment, 219; under Cromwell, 222; and Fifth Monarchy, 224; under James II., 234; curious customs of English, 235; slow growth of, 237; General Assembly of, 238; first Associations of, 239; Hyper-Calvinism among, 240; decline of, 241; effect of Wesleyan movement on, 245: Dan Taylor joins General, 246; comparative growth of, 262; pe- riods in history of American, 287; in New York, 302; in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 304; in South Carolina, 306; in Virginia, 307; in North Caro- lina, 307; slow growth of in New Eng- land, 308; in New Hampshire and Ver- mont, 313; their period of greatest advance, 319; pioneers in Middle West,
321; condition in 1850, 362; growth in last fifty years, 366; increase of wealth among, 379; secret of their growth, 380, 421; oppose Unitarians, 411; two par- ties among, 420.
Baptists in Australasia, 285; in France, 394, seq.; in Germany, 396, seq.; in Sweden, 400, seq.; in Norway, 403; in Russia, 406.
Baptists, minor varieties of: Six-prin- ciple, 267, 384; Seventh-day, 268, 390; Free, 385, seq.; Original Freewill, 385; Separate, 387; United, 387; Primitive, 388; Two-seed-in-Spirit, 389. Baptist Almanac," quoted, 363. Baptist Church of Christ, 389. Baptist Union: organization, 256; Spur- geon withdraws from, 261. "Baptist Year-Book," quoted, 362, 369, 378.
Barnabas, work at Antioch, 20. Basil the Bogomil, 78.
Baxter, abhors toleration, 220. Baynes, Thomas Spencer, 261. Beecher, Rev. Lyman, 320.
Bern: Anabaptists of, 141; disputation
Bernard of Clairvaux: opposes Abelard
and Arnold, 82; his bitterness as per- secutor, 109; writes against Henry of Lausanne, 117.
Bible, versions of: Carey's, 254, 257; Judson's, 236; Yates and Pearce's, 258.
Bible societies: British and Foreign, 257: Bible Translation, 258; Ameri- can, 336; American and Foreign, 338; American Bible Union, 338. Bickel, Rev. Philip, 361, 399. Bintgens case, among Mennonites, 192. Bishop: origin of name, 30; how sepa- rate office of, developed, 53; Ignatius on, 54; Irenæus and Cyprian on, 54; in Patrick's time, 73. (See Elders.) Blaurock, George: Swiss Anabaptist, 135; imprisoned at Zurich, 137 ; burned,
213; not an orthodox Baptist, 232; his writings, 233; advocates open com- munion, 263: as a preacher, 266. Busher, Leonard, 208.
Cæcilian, bishop of Carthage, 64. Caffyn, Matthew, 238.
Calvin, and the burning of Servetus, 139. Calvinism among Particular Baptists, 240; modified, 419.
Campbell, Alexander, and his followers, 342, seg.
Canada, Baptists in, 276, seg. Carey, William: a great linguist, 251, 254 life and labors of, 259, seq.; opposed by Hyper-Calvinists, 326. Carson, Alexander, life and work of, 275, 276.
Carmichael, Robert, becomes Baptist, 272.
Catechumenate, history of, 51. Cathari, 64, 75, 102.
Celsus, confuted by Origen, 41. Chaplin, Rev. Jeremiah, 355- "Character of the Beast," John Smyth's book, 203.
Charles I., and his contest with his people, 219, 227, 228.
Charles II. and Kiffen, 214; and the Act of Uniformity, 217, 231; resto- ration of, 226; favors toleration, 230; Grantham's petition to, 239; influence of his reign, 242; grants charter to Rhode Island, 295.
Charles V. and the Edict of Brussels, 188.
Chase, Rev. Irah, 394.
Chiliasm: among Montanists, 60; among Anabaptists, 155, 171, 176, 179; in England, 223-226; in America, 393. Christianity: its early Jewish ideals, 16; becomes differentiated from Judaism, 18; crisis in its history, 20; propagated through empire, 21; legal status under Roman law, 35, seq.; attacks on and apologies for, 39-41; corrupted by prosperity, 43. 56.
Christian V., king of Denmark, favors persecution, 405.
Christian Endeavor, Society of, 359, seq. Christians or Christian Connection, 393. Christadelphians, 393,
Church continuity of, 5; the invisible, 7; but twice mentioned by Jesus, 13; relation to kingdom, 14, 24; consists of regenerate only, 26, 114, 134, 146, 149, 410; officers of, 29-31; inde- pendence of, 31, 417; worship of, 32, 33; idea of Holy Catholic, 44, seg.; Montanist theory of, 58; Arnold's teachings about, 81; Roman concep- tion of, 86, 100: Petrobrusian theory of, 114; radical theory of, in Zurich, 146; Menno's teaching concerning, 187.
Church of God (see Winnebrenner). Church and State: union under Con- stantine, 95; Arnold demands sepa- ration of, 81, 83; separation begun in
United States, 319, seq.; not yet fully accomplished, 416. Church of England: baptism in, 198; dissenters from, 206, 231, 235 (see also Separates); and Archbishop Laud, 219; under Cromwell, 222; under Charles II., 231; hostile to Wesley, 243; effect of Wesleyan movement on, 244; undertakes missionary work, 257. Churches: Southwark, 260; Swansea,
269, 299; Piscataway, 287, 288, 304; Middletown, 288, 304; Providence, 292; Newport, 294; Boston, 300; Charles- town, 301, 306; Pennepack, 304; Hav- erhill, 311; New York, 317; Chicago, 329.
Clarke, Dr. John: early life of 293;
"elder" at Newport, 294; procures a charter, 295; arrested in Boston, 298. Clement of Rome, uses sacerdotal terms, 53.
Clergy, not a New Testament word, 30. Clerical celibacy, 55.
Clifford, Rev. John, 261. "Close" communion practised by Swiss Anabaptists, 144; by Smyth's church, 204; by English Baptists, 211; in Canada, 280; principle of, generally approved, 415.
Clugny, monastery of, 115. Coggeshall Church, 205.
Colby University (college), 355. Colgate, William, 357.
Columbian University, 356.
Communion: apostolic practice in, 28; regarded as a sacrament, 52; qualifi- cations for, 414. (See "Close munion and "Open" communion.) Communism, at Jerusalem, 14. Conant, Rev. Thomas J., 405. Cone, Dr. Spencer H., 338.
Confession: the Assembly's, 3; Schleith- eim, 144 of 1644, 211; of 1677, 237; others, 238.
Constance, bishop of, 152. Constance: Hus burned at, 93; Hätzer's death at, 140, 141.
Constantine: effect of his policy, 56; decides against the Donatists, 65; calls Council of Nice, 67. Controversy: baptismal in England, 209, 210; on Bible versions in England, 258; on communion, 263; "down grade," 261; Unitarian, 335; Bible Society, 336, seq.; Anti-masonic, 341, seq.; Camp- bellite or Disciple, 342; anti-slavery, 344 baptismal in America, 412; com- munion, 414.
Colleges: Canadian, 283, seq.; other, 355, 359, seq.; development of, in recent years, 367, seq.
Convention: Saratoga, 340; Southern Baptist, 347: Triennial, 332, 349. Conventicle Act, 231.
Cornelius, conversion of, 18.
Cornelius, chosen bishop of Rome, 63. Cornelius (historian): on persecution of Anabaptists, 165; on Münster uproar,
Council: Jerusalem, 20, 31; at Nice, 96; Ravenna, 49; Second Lateran, 82; at Sens, 82; at Constance, 92, 93; at Rheims, 118; Fourth Lateran, 104, 128; Toulouse, 128; Tarracona, 128. Crandall, Reuben, 279.
Cranmer and Anabaptists, 193. Crawford, Alexander, 280. Cromwell, Oliver: Baptists trusted by, 219, 220; his ideas of toleration, 221; his Triers, 222; ambition of, 223, 228. Crosby, Thomas, Baptist historian, 205, 206, 207.
Crowle and Epworth Church, 205. Cyprian: on bishops, 34; becomes mar- tyr, 37; on clinic baptism, 48.
Dean, Rev. William, 334. Deacons, first appointed, 29. Decius, persecution of, 37- De Blois, Rev. Stephen, 278. Deism in England, 241. Delaney, Rev. James, 323. Denmark, Baptists in, 404, seq. Denck, John, Anabaptist leader: life of, 157; his theology, 158; his last years, 159; on civil government, 176. Devan, T. T., 395.
Devonshire Square Church, 275.
Dexter, Gregory, "elder " at Providence,
Donatists: origin of, 64; appeal to the emperor, 65; practise infant baptism, 66; called Anabaptists, 146.
"Dropping," growth of practice, 381. Dungan, Rev. Thomas, 304.
Dunster, Henry, opposes baptism of infants, 297.
Eaton, Rev. Isaac, 352. Eck, John, 149.
Education: among English Baptists, 266; among American Baptists, 350, seq., 366, seq. (See Colleges, Semina- ries, etc.)
Edwards, Morgan, life and labors of,
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