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BAPTIST HISTORY
RELIGIOUS DISSENT MOVEMENTS IN
HISTORY
Myth of a Monolithic Church and Dissenting Movements
Thesis and Definition
There have always been dissenting movements
Catholicism holds there has always been one voice for Christianity
This material will give brief traces of the dissenting movementsthrough Church history
- Church United- Attempts at Roman supremacy
Dissenting Movements
Before AD 800 Montanism Novatianism Donatists Jovianists Paulicians
Dissenting Movements (cont)
After 800 AD Cathari Albigenses Joachimites Petrobutians Henricians Arnoldists Waldensians John Wycliffe Jan Hus (Moravians)
Conclusion: Free Church movements
Commonalities Common Elements
Rejection of external influence on local congregations Rejection of tradition as equal to Scripture Belief in Scripture in common vernacular Common man stands equal to priests before God Salvation by grace alone Complete rejection of state influence in spiritual matters Believers church – only saved members Rejection of developmental Catholic doctrines
Baptist History Notes
The Magisterial Reformation(lecture 4)
Magisterial Reformation
Roman Catholic Corruption
Church at dawn of Reformation
German Reformation (Luther)
French-Swiss Reformation (Calvin)
English Reformation (Henry VIII)