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Grantham Killingworth
Grantham Killingworth (1699–1778) was an English lay Baptist controversialist. Life A grandson of Thomas Grantham, he was born in Norwich. He was a layman, and a personal friend of William Whiston, whom he supplied with evidence of cures effected through "prayer, fasting, and annointing with oyl" by a Unitarian Baptist minister, William Barron (died 7 February 1731, aged 51).Alexander Gordon, ‘Killingworth, Grantham (bap.1698, d. 1778)’, rev. Emma Major, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 4 June 2014/ref> Killingworth died in 1778, leaving an endowment to the Priory Yard General Baptist chapel, in Norwich. Works Killingworth wrote on the perpetuity of baptism, against Thomas Emlyn; in favour of adult baptism, against John Taylor, and Michajah Towgood; and on close communion, against James Foster, John Wiche, and Charles Bulkley Charles Bulkley (1719–1797) was an English Baptist minister. Life The fourth son of Thomas Bulkle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), ''sola fide'' (salvation by just faith alone), ''sola scriptura'' (scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice) and congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and communion. Diverse from their beginning, those identifying as Baptists today differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship. For example, Baptist theology may include Arminian or Calvinist beliefs with various sub-groups holding different or competing positions, while others allow for diversity in this matter within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
