What is a Reformed Baptist?

[JM]

A good article, I can simpalize, but still don't agree that Particular Baptists should use Reformed in front of the name Baptist.

The name ‘Reformed’ refers to the distinctive historical and theological roots of these Baptists. There is a body of theological beliefs commonly referred to as the ‘Reformed’ faith. Such great biblical truths as sola fide (justification by faith alone), sola gratia (salvation by God’s grace alone), sola scriptura (the Bible alone is the basis for faith and practice), solus Christus (salvation through Christ alone), and soli Deo gloria (the fact that God alone is to receive glory in the salvation of sinners) are all noted hallmarks of the Protestant and Reformed faith.
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RBTR <> What Is a Reformed Baptist?

The Reformed faith, however, touches on far more than these foundational truths regarding God&#8217;s glory in salvation. It is also concerned with God&#8217;s glory in the church, in society, in the family and in the holiness of the believer&#8217;s life. The Reformed faith has a high and God-centered view of worship, regulated by the Word of God alone. The Reformed faith embraces a high view of God&#8217;s law and of His church. In short, the Reformed faith is no less than a comprehensive world and life view, as well as a distinctive body of doctrine.
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The article points out that Particular Baptists are reformed in many areas of theology such as the doctrine of scripture, justification, sanctification, worship, etc. Those who use the term Reformed are often confessional using the London Baptist Confession of Faith republished in 1689. It is a re-write of the Savoy (Reformed Confession) and the Westminster (Reformed Confession).

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[JM]

Particular Baptist is used to describe Baptists that are all Calvinists of some stripe, from low to hyper. Few are Dispensational. Many part ways with the Reformed Confessions on aspects such as the third use of the moral Law summed up in the Decalogue, the nature of Gospel preaching (duty faith, common grace), etc. These folks historically take the mantel of Particular and in some cases Strict and Particular Baptists. The modern 'Reformed' Baptist would also fit under this umbrella.

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