Seems like you left our link 2 and thus your gap theory develops.
Also, I doubt the Baptists and their long history would be mentioned in
Presby church history class. :-)  

D Warner
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven G. Rockhill [mailto:revrock@...] 
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:58 AM
To: pastorsforum@...
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Church History

By huge gaps I mean from the Philadelphia Association to 987 AD!!!! I 
don't know when the Philadelphia association started but I am sure it 
wasn't a measly 70 to 80 years after 987!!  Sorry I should have 
qualified my statement - no I don't have all the reference works 
memorized but you would think that there would be some that at least 
that sound vaguely familiar from Church History Classes.  I will look up 
Jones' church history and see what I come up with and let you know.

Pax,
Steve

David Warner wrote:
> By huge gaps, do you mean like 70 to 80 years?  Can you point somewhere
> specific?  Surely you don't think you have filed away in memory all the
> available resources and reference works.
> I have not checked out the evidence or the references but I hope to at
some
> point.  
>
> D Warner
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven G. Rockhill [mailto:revrock@...] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:36 AM
> To: pastorsforum@...
> Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Church History
>
> 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 me to verify each historical reference given.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?.
>>
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