Are Baptist Reformed...Or Liberals?
The assertion that Particular Baptist are close to the Reformed camp is absurd; Considering the assertion is made to create bridges between the Presbyterian and Baptist camps. It is like saying Zwinglians are close to the Lutherans because they came out the protestant reformation. This type of assertion only stands when there are two variables compared; but with respect to the broader protestant movement, we see how distant Baptist are from the rest of the more conservative protestants (Lutherans, Presbyterians and Anglicans). Turretins proceeding statement stands as a significant commentary on Infant Baptism but also the current situation; "Augustine, often, where he relates that the Pelagians had not dared to deny the baptism of infants because they saw too clearly that this would place them in opposition to the whole church" Institutio .3.12.7. The quote demonstrates the axiomatic status of infant baptism in the Christian Church's mind, amongst Augustines contemporari...