General Baptist movement

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The General Baptist movement is an early English Baptist tradition distinguished by its belief in general atonement—that Christ died for all people—and its emphasis on religious liberty and congregational autonomy.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
General Baptists 4
General Baptist 3
Baptist movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist tradition ⓘ
Christian movement ⓘ
Protestant denomination family ⓘ
associatedWith nonconformist churches in England ⓘ
baptismMode baptism of professing believers only ⓘ
churchPolity congregationalism ⓘ
contrastsWith Calvinist limited atonement ⓘ
coreBelief general atonement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Particular Baptist movement ⓘ
emphasizes congregational autonomy ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
ethicalEmphasis holy living ⓘ
personal piety ⓘ
governancePrinciple local church self-governance ⓘ
hasDenominationalDescendant Free Will Baptists ⓘ
linked to: Free Will Baptist

General Association of General Baptists ⓘ
General Baptists (United Kingdom) ⓘ
hasDoctrine believer's baptism ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
holdsViewOnSalvation salvation is available to all who believe ⓘ
influencedBy Arminian theology ⓘ
linked to: Arminianism

English Separatism ⓘ
organizationalStructure associations of autonomous congregations ⓘ
originatedIn early 1600s England ⓘ
partOf Baptist Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Baptists
promotes evangelism ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
recognizesSacraments Lord's Supper ⓘ
baptism ⓘ
rejects infant baptism ⓘ
religiousBranch Protestantism ⓘ
scripturalAuthority Bible ⓘ
soteriologicalView conditional election ⓘ
possibility of falling from grace ⓘ
resistible grace ⓘ
supports freedom of conscience ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
teaches Christ died for all people ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Arminianism ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
viewOnAuthority Christ as head of the church ⓘ
viewOnChurchMembership regenerate church membership ⓘ
viewOnClergy ordained ministers recognized by local congregations ⓘ
viewOnLordSupper memorial view of the Lord's Supper ⓘ
worshipStyle congregational worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Helwys → coFounded → General Baptist movement ⓘ
Thomas Helwys → denomination → General Baptist ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
Nonconformist Protestants → includesDenomination → General Baptists ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
John Myles → movement → Baptist movement ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
Baptist congregation at Spitalfields → partOf → General Baptists ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
Baptist congregation at Spitalfields → denominationBranch → General Baptist ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity → theologicalOrientation → General Baptist ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
Amsterdam English Separatist congregation → influenced → General Baptists ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement
English Reformation dissenting movements → hasPart → General Baptists ⓘ
linked to: General Baptist movement