A short declaration of the mystery of iniquity (1611/1612) /
A classic text in the beginning of Baptist History. Until now available only in difficult-to-decipher facsimile editions, the present "user friendly" edition makes this classic of religious liberty readily available for student and specialist alike. Richard Grove's faithful rendering...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Macon, Ga. :
Mercer,
[1998], ©1998
Macon, Ga. : c1998 Macon, Ga. : [1998] |
| Series: | Classics of religious liberty ;
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| Summary: | A classic text in the beginning of Baptist History. Until now available only in difficult-to-decipher facsimile editions, the present "user friendly" edition makes this classic of religious liberty readily available for student and specialist alike. Richard Grove's faithful rendering of Helwys's words in modern English gives a clarity to Helwys's ideas Following the hapless Hampton Court Conference, little groups of English Christians ("Separatists") began to break away from the established church. As early as 1606, one group, led by John Smyth, migrated to Holland. Prominent among them was Thomas Helwys By the beginning of the twentieth century, only four known copies of the book survived. Now, thanks to the careful work of Richard Groves, Helwys's "The Mystery of Iniquity" is available in a reader-friendly edition. Groves's introduction sets the document in context, not only as an important and influential historical event but as shedding yet more light on whence we have come In 1611/1612, Helwys and others returned home where they founded at Spitalfield the first General Baptist congregation in England. Helwys had with him a manuscript entitled "A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity" in which he proposed the notion of liberty of conscience, freedom of religion. This may have been the first such declaration in English. Helwys published the manuscript in 1612. That publication probably cost him his freedom, perhaps even his life Students, historians, Christians, Protestants, Baptists - all for whom freedom of conscience is important will welcome this reissue in modern dress of a religious liberty classic |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 156 p. : facsim. ; 23 cm xxxiv, 156 pages : facsimile ; 23 cm xxxiv, 156 pages : facsimiles ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliogaphical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 086554574X (alk. paper) 086554574X |