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Klappentext Originally published in 1912, this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1912! this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641. The first volume concentrates on the historical development of Dissent and the various groups who agitated against the centralized power of the Church of England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Foreword; 1. The Anabaptists in England before 1612; 2. The gradual growth of Puritanism and its contribution to the development of English Separatism until 1581; 3. Robert Browne and the organization of the first English Congregational church; 4. The rise of the Barrowists; 5. The Barrowists under the leadership of Francis Johnson until 1597; 6. The Barrowists on the continent; 7. Certain obscure Barrowist and Separatist congregations between 1588 and 1641; 8. The Family of Love and the English Seekers; 9. The first two English Anabaptist congregations and their leaders; 10. The congregation of English Anabaptists under the leadership of Thomas Helwys and John Murton; 11. The English General, or Arminian, Anabaptists between 1624 and 1642; 12. The rise of the Independents; 13. The history of Henry Jacob's independent Puritan congregation in London; and the story of the rise of the English Particular, or Calvinistic, Anabaptists; Appendix. A critical examination of the Gould manuscript; 14. The churches of New England until about 1641; Appendix A. An additional note concerning the book entitled Truth's Champion; Appendix B. An additional note relating to A very plain and well grounded treatise concerning Baptisme; Appendix C. The latest discovery relating to John Wilkinson; Appendix D. The will of Ann Robinson, mother of John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers; Appendix E. Did any English General Anabaptist practise immersion before 1641?
