The Dawn of Christianity, or Studies of the Apostolic Church (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Dawn of Christianity, or Studies of the Apostolic ChurchThat a book of this kind might be of great service among Baptists, will probably be admitted. If we haveany justifi cation for a separate denominational existence, it is because loyalty-to the New Testament teaching regarding the church compels us to stand apart from other Christians. We are accustomed to state our distinctive principles in something like this form The Scriptures, the supreme and all - sufficient rule of faith and practice, the church, a spiritual body, con sisting only of the regenerate baptism, the Immersion of a believer on profession, of his faith, the Lord's Supper, the communion of those thus baptized with their Lord and with each other, each church independent as to its internal af fairs, but all the churches mutually interdependentand united in all good works the absolute right of every man to wor ship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, without molestation, so long as he does not interfere with the peace'and' good order of society. These things are dis tinctive Baptist pr1nc1ples, however, onlybecause we believe them to be distinctive'new Testament teachings. The object of this book is to Show the grounds of that belief, by a care ful and Candid'study of apostolic times, In the full light of the latest biblical and historical scholarship.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.