Reply #5: religious right has never heard of this guy

[bobbieinok]

I grew up as a so bapt.

The chronology we learned in church: there's the Bible, the events in the book of Acts, the Dark Ages (dark because ruled by the Catholics) and then so baptists. Also, Roger Williams was a baptist.

And sometimes someone would mention the Anabaptists as a flicker of light in dark times. (Later I learned Anabaptists were notorious in their time for believing in 'free love,' no marriage necessary because the End Times are near, etc. Sort of weird that some so bapt saw them as a precursor.)

We never heard the phrase 'Early Church Fathers,' let alone specific names.