Baptism in Jesus' Name in History

Source: David K. Bernard A History of Christian Doctrine, Volume 2

This list includes only people for whom we have documented evidence. It is incomplete, and for some groups the evidence is indirect or fragmentary. We do not necessarily know about or endorse all the doctrines of the people included (after the apostles).

Century
Group or Individual
1 Apostolic church
2 Early post-apostolic church, Marcionites, some Montanists, modalists
3 Many in the institutional church; "heretics"; opponents of Cyprian; Sabellians; endorsement by Stephen, bishop of Rome
4 Sabellians, Theophranes, Eutychus, endorsement by Ambrose and Hilary
5-6 Sabellians, other "heretics"
7 Endorsement by Bede
8 Endorsement by Council of Frejus
9 Endorsement by Pope Nicholas I
12 Support by Peter Lombard and Hugo Victor
13 Mention by Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and Albertus Magnus; endorsement by Synod of Nemours
16 Some antitrinitarians, some Anabaptists, people known to Martin Luther
17 Some English "heretics"; some Baptists, including Francis Cornwell
18 Some American Baptists, including Daniel Hibbard
19 Some Christians, including Elias Smith and perhaps Barton Stone; some Plymouth Brethren; John Miller (Presbyterian); an anonymous English author
20 Some trinitarian Pentecostals, Oneness Pentecostals, some Sabbatarians, some Charismatics, some Baptists


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