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General Baptist   /dʒˈɛnərəl bˈæptəst/   Listen
General Baptist

noun
1.
Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists).  Synonym: Arminian Baptist.






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"General Baptist" Quotes from Famous Books



... by Mr. George Smith (father of the late Alderman G. Smith, of this town), and he preached to it for a short time. Afterwards it was occupied by a section of Methodists connected with the "Round Preachers." Then it was purchased by a gentleman of the General Baptist persuasion, who let it to the late Mr. Moses Holden—a pious, astronomical person, who held forth in it for a season with characteristic force. Subsequently it was taken possession of by the Episcopalians, the Rev. Mr. Pearson, late of Tockholes, ...
— Our Churches and Chapels • Atticus



Words linked to "General Baptist" :   Arminian Baptist, Baptist denomination



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