About these quotes on Baptist Perpetuity by Hosius, Mosheim, Newton, etc., some things need to be remembered. Unfortunately many Landmark Baptist historians have freely used secondary sources nds through the process of time these quotes have become modified slightly. Nevertheless, I think they are all authentic. For example:
1. The Moshem quote. I am looking right now at my own copy of a 1834 two-volume set of Mosheim's history. The quote is found in Volume 2 on pages 127-128 under the section "The History of the Anabaptists or Mennonites. While the quote has been slightly changed, the basic idea is still there.
2. The Hosius Quote: As far as I can tell this quote first appeared in Baptist literature back in 1826 in the "Baptist Magazine", CVIII, May, 1826. Again this quote seems to be slightly altered, but he basic idea is still there. While some have said that this quote is not found in Letter Apud Opera, it needs to be remembered there were many different editions of this work, published in different places, with different editors. I seriously doubt the Baptists back in 1826 would have made it up. Also Hosius does refer to "Anabaptists", but "Baptists".
3. The Newton quote. Brother RSR - check the book "the Memorials of Sir Isaac Newton" by William Whiston, page 201.
[ February 17, 2004, 05:33 PM: Message edited by: rsr ]