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Varying Views Among Baptist
Most Baptists hold their services and worship on Sunday as they adhere to the traditions of the New Testament of the disciples gathering on the first day of the week. However, there is a group known as the Seventh Day Baptists whose origins are derived from Anabaptism and the pre-Reformation. Baptist gather and worship on the seventh day of the week on Saturday. There was a movement where a large portion of Seventh Day Baptists adopted the teachings of the Sabbath, which led to the formation of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Also Baptists are also viewed as the descendants of the Puritans who were shaped by the Anabaptists, thus the Baptist religion were considered an outcome of the Reformation. In the early 17th century, those individuals who called themselves Baptists broke apart from the Church of England. Some notable Puritan separatists included John Smyth and Thomas Helwys who were acknowledged as key founders of the Baptist denomination.

Furthermore, there is the Baptist’s belief in perpetuity, which embraces the notion that the Baptist belief existed since the time of Christ until today as the Church of Christ founded in Jerusalem was Baptist.Those who believe in perpetuity view the Baptist belief as not being a critical aspect of the Protestant Reformation.


 * 1) Gourley, Bruce. "A Very Brief Introduction to Baptist History, Then and Now." The Baptist Observer. Retrieved 5 Oct 2018
 * 2) Garrett, J.L. (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study. Mercer University Press. Retrieved 5 Oct 2018.