Originally Posted by Pergamum

A few questions and comments:

Is John Owen reformed? Wasn't we a congregationalist?

Who has the right to give us a sliding scale of who is more reformed than others?

Isn't it a prerogative of every group to define themselves as they wish. Presbies may sniffle and moan but if baptists want the category "reformed" in front of their names to identify themselves with the 1689 confession, then the reformed cannot stop them and should stop their whining.

Last time I checked there was no little copyright symbol above the name reformed.

Finally, given the company of those that call themselves "reformed" to include many groups that are grossly deviant in doctrine (whole groups falling away into apostasy), being a baptist who calls himself reformed or calvinisitic puts me in a lot better company.


P.S. Particular Baptist is a brand that is currently being used by many who trace their lineage from the anabaptist tradition. Therefore, this label, too, does not fit, for those that desire a modified WCF and are happy with the 1689. The term Sovereign grace baptist also is sometimes associated with more of a Fundyist and anti-confessional stance and so is not an adequate label. I prefer to simply call myself calvinistic and baptistic.