Christian Heresies of the
Seventeenth Century:


Baptists:
    1605 - John Smith  in England. In America, They are called "Baptists" because of their doctrine concerning "Baptism": Called an "ordinance", they reject "infant baptism", consider only baptism by immersion as valid, to persons who can decide to receive it, and can feel the personal experience of being "born again". "Separation of church and state". (see Anabaptists, 16th century). (Zwingli).
    Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in Providence in 1639  Comprise the largest of all American Protestant denominations, with 37 million members, in 30 bodies. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist, as well as Billy Graham and Jessy Jackson. Protestant Denominations

Rosicrucians:
   
1610 - Traces its roots to the Egypt before Christ... and all the groups claim to be founded by "Christian Rosenkreutz" who is a character of the "Fama Fraternitatis"
novel written by the German Lutheran Johann V. Andreae in 1610... but he never existed!... in 1617, Andreae published an article stating that the "Fama" was a novel, a satire, without any basis in real life, affirmation he sustained until the moment of his death... and he believed that the teachings of Rosicrucianism were false and that the history of the movement was dotted with legends and fabrications...
    Rosicrucianism is the religion "by correspondence"...   and of lies!... claiming to be "dedicated to the investigation, study, and practice of natural and spiritual laws", anchored in "Egypt", with many occult and Hindu practices, and the basic beliefs of pantheism and reincarnation, with some Masonic rituals.
    About the Bible, all is lies!: They say "the Bible is the regulator of life, the end of all true study, the compendium of the Universal World"... but to say that the God of the Bible does not exist, he is the "Supreme Intelligence", a form of "pure energy", but "not a person", just "a number endowed with motion"... they don't distinguish between God and creation, everything is God!... Rosicrucians

Episcopalians:
    1620- S. Seabury (Henry VIII), founded 
in the American colonies, is part of the Anglican Communion, regards the Archbishop of Canterbury as the "First among Equals" Protestant Denominations

Quakers, Society of Friends:
   
1654- George Fox, a shoemaker, in England.
He believed every man to have an "inner light" which was his only guide. They are called "Quakers", because in the first days of enthusiasm they "trembled" in their assemblies, but they resent that name... their organization is not called a church but the "Society of Friends". In their "meetings", there is no pulpit nor songs, they just sit down and wait in silence for the Spirit to move them. Protestant Denominations

Universalists:

    Samuel Gorton, a New England mystic, who aired his views as early as 1636. The belief did not receive definite organization, however until 1750, when James Relly organized a Universalist church in London. They deny the divinity of Christ; believe in the universal salvation of all; deny the Sacraments; free-will; good works, and the doctrine of the Trinity. Cults

Jansenists:
    Jansenism
was probably the single most divisive issue within the Roman Catholic church between the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution.
    Founded by Cornelius Jansenius, Holland, Bishop of Ypres. He lived and died a member of the Catholic Church, but it was from his writings, published after his death, that Jansenism took its rise.
   
Predestination was accepted in an extreme form and was so essential to Jansenism that its adherents were even referred to as Calvinists by their opponents. It came into conflict with the church for its predestination doscftrines and for its discouragement of frequent communion for the faithful.
    Jansenism took root in France, especially among the clergy  Jansenism1   Jansenism2
 

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