This quote reveals that there were, in twelfth century Germany, multitudes of Christians who did not pray to saints who did not believe in Purgatory who therefore did not pray for the dead or do masses for the dead and who did not baptize infants, but believers only. Bernard: “There have lately been some heretics discovered among us near Cologne…Their heresy is this: … They do not hold the baptism of infants…They place no confidence in the intercession of saints…They do not admit of any purgatory fire…by which means they make void all prayers and oblations of believers for the deceased…We, therefore, beseech you, holy father…that you would be pleased to direct your pen against these wild beasts” ( The History of the Christian Church, William Jones, pp. However, did you know that Baptist beliefs started with Jesus Christ? The Apostles and early Christians took these beliefs across Europe and there is much evidence that these beliefs were in Britain by the second century.ĭoes History Support the Claims of the Baptists?ĭid Baptist beliefs arise in recent times? Judge for yourself, from these ancient quotes:ġ140- Evervinus of Stanfield, in the diocese of Cologne, Germany, wrote to St. Many people assume that the Baptist movement is a cult that probably started in America over the last few hundred years.
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