These embarrassments arise from many sources. John Smyth led the first Baptist church in Amsterdam in 1609. In attempting to write a history of the Baptists no one is more aware of the embarrassments surrounding the subject than the author. We are far removed from many of the circumstances under survey the representations of the Baptists were often made by enemies who did not scruple, when such a course suited their purpose, to blacken character and hence the testimony from such sources must be received with discrimination and much allowance made for many statements in some instances vigilant and sustained attempts were made to destroy every document relating to these people the material that remains is scattered through many libraries and archives, in many lands and not always readily accessible often, on account of persecutions, the Baptists were far more interested in hiding than they were in giving an account of themselves or their whereabouts In attempting to write a history of the Baptists no one is more aware of the embarrassments surrounding the subject than the author.
The earliest Christian baptisms were by immersion. Christians consider Jesus to have instituted the sacrament of baptism. These embarrassments arise from many sources. One of the earliest depictions of baptism, Catacombs of San Callisto, third century John the Baptist, who is considered a forerunner to Christianity, used baptism as the central sacrament of his messianic movement. In attempting to write a history of the Baptists no one is more aware of the embarrassments surrounding the subject than the author.
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