Landmarkism

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Landmarkism is a type of Baptist ecclesiology. The term refers to the belief in the exclusive validity of Baptist churches and invalidity of non-Baptist churchly acts.[1] The movement began in the United States in 1851, influenced by James Robertson Graves of Tennessee.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Garrett, Jr., James Leo (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study. Mercer University Press. pp. 213–216. ISBN 9780881461299. http://books.google.com/books?id=epEHq0mTsKgC&lpg=PA213&pg=PA213#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
  2. ^ Garrett, Jr., James Leo (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study. Mercer University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9780881461299. http://books.google.com/books?id=epEHq0mTsKgC&lpg=PA213&pg=PA213#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
  3. ^ Stookey, Stephen (2008). "Baptists and Landmarkism and the Turn toward Provincialism: 1851". In Williams, Michael Edward and Walter B. Shurden. Turning Points in Baptist History. Mercer University Press. pp. 178–181. ISBN 9780881461350. http://books.google.com/books?id=OoKQ2IxOgE8C&lpg=PA178&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-10-16.