PatrickTMcWilliams
Puritan Board Freshman
Reverend Winzer, why do you always place quotation marks around "Baptist"? You speak of the "Baptist" confession and the "Baptist" catechism, "Baptist" circles inhabited by "Baptists," etc. It would seem you do not believe it is the proper word. What word would you prefer?
A person who is called a "Baptist" because he immerses or only baptises those who personally profess faith is not a true Baptist according to the way the Bible is interpreted by paedobaptists. To concede the name is to give up the debate. The quotation marks indicate that the term itself requires further clarification.
That's what I thought. "Reformed Baptists" are neither Reformed nor Baptist. What term would you prefer? I'm not sure about the other "Baptists" here, but I'd prefer if you were straightforward in your terminology rather than politely acquiescing to our errant labels.