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No More “Nursing Fathers”: A Baptist Theological Rationale for Religious Liberty

By Filings on Tue, 10/04/22
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Religious Liberty
U.S. History
Baptists

“Backus’s theological rationale of liberty is not that every person should do what he desires, but that every person must reckon with God as an individual. Since authority is a good gift, given by God, submission to the authority of God is the only way to recover ‘the liberties of paradise.’” - London Lyceum

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