… as Hervey sees it has been the belief of the Church in all ages. As long ago as 1120 we find the Waldensians protesting against the novelties of the Papists by affirming,
“Christ was promised to our forefathers, who received the law, to the end that, knowing their sin by the law, and their unrighteousness and insufficiency, they might desire the coming of Christ, to satisfy for their sins, and, by himself, to accomplish the law.”
Our Reformers held to this belief in the face of …
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… denominations. My recent reading has shown Christians looking back to the Albigensians, to the Waldensians, to the Lollards, to the Celtic Christians, to the Novatianists and to the Donatists for new inspiration. All these movements certainly had their ‘sunny sides’ but they also practised elements which, if not downright ‘shadowy’ were contrary to a balanced study of Scripture. Thus none of these movements as a whole can be recommended as a sure base on which to build sound church …
… the ‘succession’ theory as it does not apply specifically to ‘Baptists’ as opposed to Waldensians etc.. Haykin does not allow the Successionists a word, nor does he apparently accept that Successionism is held in various credible versions throughout the Baptist churches. He also does not deal with the extreme high church view of some Successionists as illustrated by D. B. Ray in his book Baptist Succession: A Handbook of Baptist History.
Haykin next considers the …
