Baptist Reconsideration of Baptism and Ecclesiology - Johnsson Lennart
Baptist Reconsideration of Baptism and Ecclesiology - Johnsson Lennart The twentieth century may be said to have been the century of ecumenism, a striving worldwide to realize church unity at…
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Baptist Reconsideration of Baptism and Ecclesiology - Johnsson Lennart
The twentieth century may be said to have been the century of ecumenism, a striving worldwide to realize church unity at different levels. These three topics are dealt with in the Lima-document or BEM (1982). It has frequently been asserted that one condition for reaching visible Church unity is that there should be basic agreement on baptism, eucharist and ministry.
This response gives a more traditional, closed Baptist opinion: baptism cannot be the basis of the church unity sought by BEM. In the present study the sections of the latter that concern baptism are analyzed and also contextualized through a closer study of one of the responses to BEM, the official response of the Baptist Union of Sweden. The author shows here, however, that fundamental Baptist principles are being reconsidered, indicating considerable diversity within the Baptist Union concerning
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