DW, Yes I have seen it before - on this forum in fact. There are some huge gaps of time and some huge assumptions being made. Do any of the references actually exist? e.g. "Jones' church history"? And all the other names - there is not one reference name that stands out as even being remotely familiar. Pax, Steve David Warner wrote: > > I found this in my files while looking for something else (isn’t it > always that way?) and thought I’d post for comment. > > Has anyone seen this before? > > Do you have any information about it? > > Is there any evidence to disprove what is given? > > In 1921 or 1922 an article that appeared in the Oklahoma > Baptist Messenger, and simultaneously in several other > denominational papers of the South. This article deals with the > ancestry of the Baptist church at Dyer Tennessee. It shows a > continuity of Baptist church life from the present to the days of > Jesus. I am not informed as to the one who made the research, > neither have I had at my command all the books necessary to enable > me to verify each historical reference given. I give the article in > full below for the consideration of the reader: > > BAPTIST SUCCESSION BACK TO CHRIST > > Link One. The Baptist church at Dyer, Tenn., was organized by J.W. > Jetter, who came from the Philadelphia Assocaiation. > > Link Two. Hillcliff church, Wales, England. H. Roller came to the > Philadelphia Association from the Hillcliff church. See minutes of > Philadelphia Association, book 3, item 1. > > Link Three. Hillcliff church was organized by Aaron Arlington, A.D. > 987. See Alex Munston's Israel of the Alps, p. 39. > > Link Four. Lima Piedmont church ordained Aaron Arlington in 940. > See Jones' Church History, p. 324 > > Link Five. Lima Piedmont church was organized by Balcolao, A.D. > 812. See Neander's Church History, vol. 2, p. 320. > > Link Six. Balcolao came from the church at Timto, Asia Minor. See > Neander's Church History, vol. 2, p. 320. > > Link Seven. Timto church was organized by Archer Flavin, A.D. 738. > See Mosheim's History, vol. 1, p. 394. > > Link Eight. Archer Flavin came from the Darethea church, organized > by Adromicus, A.D. 671, in Asia Minor. See Lambert's Church History, > p. 47. > > Link Nine. Adromicus came from Pontifossi, at the foot of the Alps > inFrance. See Lambert's Church History, p. 47. > > Link Ten. Pontifossi church was organized by Tellestman from Turan, > Italy, A.D. 398. See Nowlin's Church History, vol. 2, p. 318. > > Link Eleven. Turan church was organized by Tertullan from Bing Joy, > Africa, A.D. 237. See Armitage's Church History, p. 182. > > Link Twelve. Tertullan was a member of the Partus church at the > foot of the Tiber, that was organized by Polycarp, A.D. 150. See > Cyrus' Commentary of Antiquity, p. 924. > > Link Thirteen. Polycarp was baptized by John the Beloved or > Revelator, on the twenty-fifth of December, A.D. 85. See Neander's > Church History, p. 285. > > Link Fourteen. John was with Jesus on the Mount. Mark 3:13-14; Luke > 6:12-13. > > I will have some remarks and/or questions regarding these. As for > now, if anyone can identify this source please let me know. Above > found in () is the page number in the book. From the end of Link > twelve to the completion of link fourteen is found on p. 154. > Directly across from this page is the Heading (in the center of the > page) What is the Mission of the Church that Jesus Built?. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubs > cribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pastor Steven G. Rockhill Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church PO Box 88 Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-9041 revrock@... http://lisbonrpc.port5.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++