Baptist historian Bruce Gourley outlines four main views of Baptist origins: (1) The modern scholarly consensus that the movement traces its origin to the 17th century via the English Separatists, (2) the view that it was an outgrowth of Anabaptist traditions, (3) the perpetuity view which assumes that the Baptist faith and practice has existed since the time of Christ, and (4) the successionist view, or "Baptist successionism", which argues that Baptist churches actually existed in an unbroken chain since the time of Christ. COUNT 4
QSN1 Who outlined the four main views of Baptist origins? ANS1 Bruce Gourley QSN2 Baptist origins were viewed as an outgrowth of what? ANS2 Anabaptist traditions QSN3 What does the perpetuity view assume? ANS3 that the Baptist faith and practice has existed since the time of Christ QSN4 What does the successionist view assume? ANS4 that Baptist churches actually existed in an unbroken chain since the time of Christ.