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London's Baptist Churches Confess Their Faith

Seven Particular Baptist churches in London published a confession of faith, putting on the public record what these churches believed. Its title protested that they were falsely called Anabaptists, a name their enemies tied to the violence at Münster. Its articles affirmed the Trinity, salvation by grace through Christ's work, the gathered church of believers, and baptism by dipping the whole body under water.

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Seven Particular Baptist churches in London published a confession of faith, putting on the public record what these churches believed. Its title protested that they were falsely called Anabaptists, a name their enemies tied to the violence at Münster. Its articles affirmed the Trinity, salvation by grace through Christ's work, the gathered church of believers, and baptism by dipping the whole body under water.