Early English Dissenters : In the Light of Recent Research 1550-1641, History and Criticism

by Burrage, Champlin

• ISBN13: 9781579788940
• ISBN10: 1579788947
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction
An Account of the printed Literature on the Subject (chiefly modern and general) with Criticisms	p. 1
Collections of printed Books and Manuscripts that should be visited in the study of early English dissenting history (with notes upon the strong points of each library)	p. 22
Notes relating to the Contents of the following pages	p. 26
Foreword	p. 37
The Anabaptists in England before 1612	p. 41
The gradual Growth of Puritanism and its Contribution to the Development of English Separatism until 1581	p. 68
Robert Browne and the Organization of the first English Congregational Church	p. 94
The Rise of the Barrowists	p. 118
The Barrowists under the Leadership of Francis Johnson until 1597	p. 136
The Barrowists on the Continent	p. 155
Certain obscure Barrowist and Separatist Congregations between 1588 and 1641	p. 183
The Family of Love and the English Seekers	p. 209
The first two English Anabaptist Congregations and their Leaders	p. 221
The Congregation of English Anabaptists under the Leadership of Thomas Helwys and John Murton	p. 251
The English General, or Arminian, Anabaptists between 1624 and 1642	p. 270
The Rise of the Independents	p. 281
The History of Henry Jacob's Independent Puritan Congregation in London; and the Story of the Rise of the English Particular, or Calvinistic, Anabaptists	p. 312
A Critical Examination of the Gould Manuscript	p. 336
The Churches of New England until about 1641	p. 357
An additional Note concerning the book entitled, "Truth's Champion"	p. 369
An additional Note relating to "A very plain and well grounded Treatise concerning Baptisme"	p. 370
The latest Discovery relating to John Wilkinson	p. 370
The Will of Ann Robinson, Mother of John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers	p. 376
Did any English General Anabaptist practise Immersion before 1641?	p. 378
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