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Originally Posted by Pergamum P.S. Particular Baptist is a brand that is currently being used by many who trace their lineage from the anabaptist tradition. | Pergy,
Really? I have never heard the term used other than to describe Reformational baptists (you know the ones tracing to Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli) AGAINST the anabaptists. In church history it was used to differentiate the Calvinistic baptists who believed in a "particular redemption" (the larger group) from the Arminian ones (the smaller group). |
In Spurgeon's Day I remember one reference Spurgeon used to identify calvinistic baptists as "Particular" and of course, William Carey's society was the "Particular Baptist Missionary society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen". So, you are quite right as to the historica use of the term "Particular" baptist.
In our day I usually hear "Particular Baptist" used differently. There is a Particular Baptist Press that is run by a dear brother Gary Long in Springfield, Missouri who strongly seems anabaptist and attempts to trace baptist heritage through the anabaptists rather than the English Baptists it seems. I have talked to others as well who refer to themselves as "Particular" and who prefer to think of their tradition as coming out of continental anabaptism rather than English congregational history.