Nope. Not at all. They simply practiced their faith and wished to be able to do so without persecution. But both the Protestant and Catholic movements severely persecuted them, so if they were "reformed," they were being persecuted by their own brothers? Not at all. Reformed hated the immersion requirement of the Baptists, and that Baptists re-baptized those leaving either the Protestant or Catholic churches. As I detailed accurately in my post, which you have read, else you wouldn't have said it was "interesting." (I think here you have read to many ''experts online'' who was persecuted? why? was it just them? if it wasn't just them why? now if you look at England where it is generally accepted to be the region for the first 'Baptists' many Acts came from parliament...do you know what they where? If you think you come from Anabaptists.. who do you mean those of Munster...who crowned themselves a King David and brought back polygammy, or was it the Anabaptist reformer Menno or do you see your line from the Hutterites? this will be interesting to read I look forward to it).
I didn't equate them to those groups. I simply used their documented existence as proof there was practice of true faith aside from the gradual drift away from it by "Mother Church." and don't you thin they may have 'protested'?
That's not accurate, and simply a repetition of "old wisdom" which doesn't hold up to historical scrutiny. Just as Cardinal Hosius stated in his 14th century writing, Baptists were known for centuries before either of those movements, or the Protestants. (you mislead here VG...there where groups who would 'dunk' people as baptism..they weren't baptists as in what we would describe.. oh an you do realise the puritans trace their roots right back??)
I think not. As I said, Baptists traditionally hold to no creeds or dogmas, but the simple word of God. The London Confession reveals the true nature of those behind its adoption as being of the Reformed Movement/The Reformation. And as I said, Baptists predate that movement. What the Confession means is that the Reformed Movement abrogated the Baptist name, not that the Baptists were any way, shape, or form Protestant. or theres the 1644 baptist confession plus all the modern american ones? you may get your roots from the anabaptits and menonites, but I certainly do not. I'll refer you to the seperatists/puritans ..john smyth, john bunyan etc etc etc