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Definition of General baptist
1. Noun. Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists).
Lexicographical Neighbors of General Baptist
Literary usage of General baptist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"These were closely associated with the general baptist churches of Providence,
... From 1711 onward Valentine Wightman, of Connecticut (general baptist), ..."
2. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1848)
"106-9 337 Hosken, С. Н., on the Irish Baptists ..351-53 Holland the refuge of
the English Baptists. .Hooke, a general baptist 333 Hubmer, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"In January 1798, retaining his pastoral charge, he became the first theological
tutor of ' the general baptist evangelical academy ' at Mile End. This post ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"1738), formed themselves into a separate association, under the name of the
general baptist New Connection, since which time the " Old Connection " has ..."
5. The Christian Examiner (1839)
"A History of the Presbyterian and general baptist Churches in the West of England ;
with Memoirs of some of their Pastors. By JEROM MURCH, Minister of Trim ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"The plan of union of the society with the general baptist ... general baptist
Conference.—The general baptist Conference met at Burnley, June 23. The Kev. ..."
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