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Creeds and Confessions
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2LCF Introduction and Preface to the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) did not arise in a vacuum — it was forged under persecution, shaped by theological antiquity, and published to correct misrepresentations of Particular Baptist doctrine. This study introduces the Confession through its original preface, examining the necessity and utility of creeds and confessions, the historical context of 17th-century England, and the specific additions, changes, and deletions the Particular Baptists made to the Westminster Confession and Savoy Declaration. The Confession stands as a faithful summary of biblical doctrine and a demonstration that Particular Baptists stood firmly within the stream of historic Protestant orthodoxy, differing from their Presbyterian and Congregationalist brethren only on baptism, church polity, and certain covenant theology distinctions.
CTF 2025 - Timeline of Classical Theism
This conference preview traces the historical continuity of classical theism and Trinitarian doctrine from the early church through the medieval theologians and the Reformed confessions, up to the present day. The Second London Baptist Confession's Chapter 2 — 'Of God and the Holy Trinity' — stands in full solidarity with the Westminster Confession, the Savoy Declaration, and the Belgic Confession on the doctrine of God, all of which drew on Nicaea and Chalcedon rather than doing original theological work. Significant departures from this received tradition emerged only in the twentieth century. The conference aims to demonstrate that historical solidarity and to reclaim a doctrine of God that has fallen on hard times in the modern era.