Definition of Baptist. Meaning of Baptist. Synonyms of Baptist

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Definition of Baptist

Baptist
Baptist Bap"tist, n. [L. baptista, G. ?] 1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton. 2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist. Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. --Amer. Cyc. Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion. Seventh-day Baptists, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.

Meaning of Baptist from wikipedia

- Baptists are a denomination of Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so...
- John the Baptist (c. 6 BC – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as...
- The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is...
- The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated...
- American Baptist may refer to: American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), formed (as the Northern Baptist Convention) in 1907 American Baptist ****ociation...
- The Spiritual Baptist faith is a religion created by persons of African ancestry in the plantations they came to in the former British West Indies countries...
- Reformed Baptists, also historically called Particular Baptists, or even Calvinistic Baptists, are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation...
- Look up baptist or Baptist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Baptist or baptists or variation, may refer to: A person who baptizes people, who performs...
- Independent Baptist churches (also called Independent Fundamental Baptist or IFB or Bible Baptist Churches) are Christian congregations, generally holding...
- Primitive Baptists – also known as Regular Baptists, Old School Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists, or, derisively, Hard S**** Baptists – are conservative...