For those of you who know of Peter ‘ I burn God’s Word’ Fuhrman, he is visiting blogs and forums under the name of PeterAV. Recently, he posted a comment to a fellow-blogger’s site suggesting that the only real KJV was the PCE one, which arrived on the scene only in 1900.
You can find the discussion, in part here.
So now, it is not the KJV-1611 or the Oxford or Cambridge, etc… but the 1900 Pure Cambridge Edition (PCE) which is the final authority. I mean final, this time, not like the many finals before the PCE, but really final. Finally.
Ha! KJVOism really makes me laugh.
Who knows, Maybe the new 2011 NIV translation will replace the 1900 PCE King James as the inerrant, inspired word of God
Editor: If there was ever a time that Baptists needed to know their history, or where they came from, it’s today. Secular history would have us believe we came out of the reformation. Sad to say the average Baptist is ignarant concerning our heritage, therefore we are printing in it’s entirety a small booklet, written in the early 1900’s by J.M. Carrol called “The Trail of Blood”.
If you would like a copy of this booklet you can order one from the address below:
Ashland Avenue Baptist Church
163 N. Ashland Avenue
Lexington, KY 40502
606-266-4341
The Trail Of Blood
Following the Christians Down Through the Centuries
or
The History of Baptist Churches From the Time of Christ, Their Founder,
to the Present Day
by J. M. Carroll
INTRODUCTION
By Clarence Walker
Dr. J. M. Carroll, the author of this book, was born in the state of Arkansas, January 8, 1858, and died in Texas, January 10, 1931. His father, a Baptist preacher, moved to Texas when Brother
Carroll was six years old. There he was converted, baptized, and ordained to the Gospel ministry. Dr. Carroll not only became a leader among Texas Baptist, but an outstanding figure of Southern
Baptists, and of the world.
Years ago he came to our church and brought the messages found in this book. It was then I
became greatly interested in Brother Carroll’s studies. I, too, had made a special research in Church History, as to which is the oldest Church and most like the churches of the New Testament.
Dr. J. W. Porter attended the lectures. He was so impressed he told Brother Carroll if he would
write the messages he would publish them in a book. Dr. Carroll wrote the lectures and gave Dr. Porter the right to publish them along with the chart which illustrates the history so vividly.
However, Dr. Carroll died before the book came off the press, but Dr. Porter placed them before the public and the whole edition was soon sold. Now, by the grace of God, we are able to present
this 66th edition of 20,000. I want to ask all who read and study these pages to join me in prayer and work that an ever-increasing number shall go forth.
“To make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by
Christ Jesus; to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in
Heavenly places might be known by the Church, the manifold wisdom of
God … unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end, Amen.”
(Eph. 3:9-10, 21)
It was wonderful to hear Dr. Carroll tell how he became interested in the history of the different
denominations — ESPECIALLY THEIR ORIGIN. He wrote the book after he was 70 years old, but he said, “I was converted unto God when I was just a boy. I saw the many denominations and
wondered which was the church the Lord Jesus founded.”
Even in his youth he felt that in the study of the Scriptures and history, he could find the church
which was the oldest and most like the churches described in the New Testament.
This research for the truth led him into many places and enabled him to gather one of the greatest libraries on church history. This library was given at his death to the Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas.
He found much church history–most of it seemed to be about the Catholics and Protestants. The history of Baptists, he discovered, was written in blood. They were the hated people of the Dark
Ages. Their preachers and people were put into prison and untold numbers were put to death. The
world has never seen anything to compare with the suffering, the persecutions, heaped upon
Baptists by the Catholic Hierarchy during the Dark Ages. The Pope was the world’s dictator. This is why the Ana-Baptists, before the Reformation, called the Pope The Anti-Christ.
Their history is written in the legal documents and papers of those ages. It is through these records that the “TRAIL OF BLOOD” winds its way as you find such statements–
“At Zurich, after many disputations between Zuinglius and the Ana-Baptists, the Senate made an
Act, that if any presume to re-baptize those who were baptized before (i.e. as infants) they should be drowned. At Vienna many Ana-Baptists were tied together in chains that one drew the other
after him into the river, wherein they were all suffocated (drowned).” (Vida Supra, p. 61)
“In the year of our Lord 1539 two Ana-Baptists were burned beyond Southwark, and a little before them 5 Dutch Ana-Baptists were burned in Smithfield,” (Fuller, Church History)
“In 1160 a company of Paulicians (Baptists) entered Oxford. Henry II ordered them to be branded
on the forehead with hot irons, publicly whipped them through the streets of the city, to have their garments cut short at the girdles, and be turned into the open country. The villages were not to
afford them any shelter or food and they perished a lingering death from cold and hunger.” (Moore, Earlier and Later Nonconformity in Oxford, p. 12.)
The old Chronicler Stowe, A.D. 1533, relates:
“The 25th of May–in St. Paul’s Church, London–examined 19 men and 6 women. Fourteen of
them were condemned; a man and a woman were burned at Smithfield, the other twelve of them
were sent to towns there to be burned.”
Froude, the English historian, says of these Ana-Baptist martyrs–
“The details are all gone, their names are gone. Scarcely the facts seem worth mentioning. For them no Europe was agitated, no court was ordered in mourning, no papal hearts trembled with
indignation. At their death the world looked on complacent, indifferent or exulting. Yet here, out of 25 poor men and women were found 14, who by no terror of stake or torture could be tempted to
say they believed what they did not believe. History has for them no word of praise, yet they, too, were not giving their blood in vain. Their lives might have been as useless as the lives of most of us. In their death they assisted to pay the purchase of English freedom.”
Likewise, in writings of their enemies as well as friends, Dr. Carroll found, their history and that theirtrail through the ages was indeed bloody:
Cardinal Hosius (Catholic, 1524), President of the Council of Trent:
“Were it not that the baptists have been grievously tormented and cut off with the knife during the past twelve hundred years, they would swarm in greater number than all the Reformers.” (Hosius,
Letters, Apud Opera, pp. 112, 113.)
The “twelve hundred years” were the years preceding the Reformation in which Rome persecuted
Baptists with the most cruel persecution thinkable.
Sir Isaac Newton:
“The Baptists are the only body of known Christians that have never symbolized with Rome.”
Mosheim (Lutheran):
“Before the rise of Luther and Calvin, there lay secreted in almost all the countries of Europe
persons who adhered tenaciously to the principles of modern Dutch Baptists.”
Edinburg Cyclopedia (Presbyterian):
“It must have already occurred to our readers that the Baptists are the same sect of Christians that were formerly described as Ana-Baptists. Indeed this seems to have been their leading principle
from the time of Tertullian to the present time.”
Tertullian was born just fifty years after the death of the Apostle John.
Baptists do not believe in Apostolic Succession. The Apostolic office ceased with the death of the Apostles. It is to His churches that He promised a continual existence from the time He organized
the first one during His earthly ministry until He comes again. He promised:-
“I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
(Matt. 16:18)
Then, when He gave the great Commission, which tells what His churches are to do, He promised:-
“I will be with you alway, even unto the end of the age.”
(Matt. 28:20)
This Commission — this work — was not given to the Apostles as individuals, but to them and the others present in their church capacity. The Apostles and the others who heard Him give this
Commission were soon dead — BUT, His Church has lived on through the ages, making disciples (getting folks saved), baptizing them, and teaching the truth — the doctrines — He committed to the
Jerusalem Church. These faithful churches have been blessed with His presence as they have
traveled the TRAIL OF BLOOD.
This history shows how the Lord’s promise to His churches has been fulfilled. Dr. Carroll shows that churches have been found in every age which have taught the doctrines He committed unto them.
Dr. Carroll calls these doctrines the “marks” of New Testament Churches.
“MARKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH”
1.Its Head and Founder–CHRIST. He is the law-giver; the Church is only the executive.
(Matt. 16:18; Col. 1:18)
2.Its only rule of faith and practice–THE BIBLE. (II Tim. 3:15-17)
3.Its name–“CHURCH,” “CHURCHES.” (Matt. 16:18; Rev. 22:16)
4.Its polity–CONGREGATIONAL–all members equal. (Matt. 20:24-28; Matt. 23:5-12)
5.Its members–only saved people. (Eph. 2:21; I Peter 2:5)
6.Its ordinances–BELIEVERS’ BAPTISM, FOLLOWED BY THE LORD’S SUPPER.
(Matt. 28:19-20)
7.Its officers–PASTORS AND DEACONS. (I Tim. 3:1-16)
8.Its work–getting folks saved, baptizing them (with a baptism that meets all the requirements
of God’s Word), teaching them (“to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you”).
(Matt. 28:16-20)
9.Its financial plan–“Even so (TITHES and OFFERINGS) hath the Lord ordained that they
which preach the gospel should live of the gospel,” (I Cor. 9:14)
10.Its weapons of warfare–spiritual, not carnal. (II Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:10-20)
11.Its independence–separation of Church and State. (Matt. 22:21)
In any town there are many different churches — all claiming to be the true church. Dr. Carroll did
as you can do now — take the marks, or teachings, of the different churches and find the ones which have these marks, or doctrines. The ones which have these marks, or doctrines, taught in God’s Word, are the true churches.
This, Dr. Carroll has done, to the churches of all ages. He found many had departed from “these
marks, or doctrines.” Other churches, however, he found had been true to these marks” in every
day and age since Jesus said,
“I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
(Matt. 16:18)
“I will be with you alway, even unto the end of the age.”
(Matt. 28:21)
Wow!
This discussion has moved from KJVO’ism to Landmarkism/Baptist Bridism.
Actually, I did get saved using a KJV bible, but at the church we went to at the time (UPC) the pastor used the NIV so I switched in order to follow him. I found the language in the KJ hard to follow and had to look up a lot of the words…… language and usage is always changing.
When I first read this post I thought PCE was the politically correct edition! 😉
The Trail of Blood?!?!? Seriously? The Trail of Blood is about the most moronic piece of pseudo-scholarship to ever emerge from Baptist thought. Stitching together a trail of disparate, temporally separated schismatic movements some of which are theologically incompatible with anything faintly resembling Baptists theology does not constitute a coherent history. That anyone is reprinting that idiotic garbage is doubly ridiculous.
I think that was the point
From what I read he had a mister AND a mistress and a wife! (buy not all at the same time!) He was a busy king! 🙂
He had a hyperbolic libido.
It was not the dalliances with women that concerned me as to some degree that is expected in that age.
Was that a subtle enough comment?
My answer to this preacher was “King James wasn’t even a Christian”. You should have seen the look on his face (deer in headlights). Hilarious!
I was wondering about the connection myself. The humor was lost on me.
” I was blind, but now I see.”
I would be interested in reading some of your studies on Fundamentalism. Do you have them online?
See http://www.danvillebaptistky.com. Even a 6 series study on the trail of blood
Wait…. you actually believe in the Trail of Blood?
Not only do I believe it, I think, I am the only one that has a DVD series on it for the public to view.
In other words, you are here to try to sale a fantasy?
Only a few actually believe that story any more, but of course, a few believe Elvis still lives…
Not for sale.
I agree few do believe it.
But not the worst thing to be numbered
among the few.
King James Bible
Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
No, it is not the worse thing to be numbered among the few, except with there is evidence for it. And, the verse doesn’t refer to the Trail of Blood which has been roundly debunked and shown up for what it is – a funny little story taken too seriously.
I would suggest that you actually do some research into the Trail of Blood and you will not that while it reports some historical facts, it does so like Hollywood does a historical movie. Tells a good lie around some parts of the truth…
Good observation, the verse does not refer to the trail of blood but it does refer to the Savior for which the martyrs died. Just tring to introduce you to him.
Again, I suggest you view the 6 series study on the Trail of Blood and if you feel that there is an error, please let me know.
I know Christ and He isn’t the one who is supported by the Trail of Blood, a myth, a lie, and a fanciful attempt at trying to put a foundation for you. I would suggest that you do real scholarship.
Study the trail of blood it is valuable to baptist and all that care to know the truth.
No, it is less truth in it than the National Enquirer
So, you feel some parts are true and some are not. Care to give an example?
No, what I am saying is that it is mindless trash built upon lies and sold as the truth.
No… thats what I thought.
If you were thinking, you wouldn’t be reading the Trail of Blood
Thank you, I am glad to see you are coming around.
Um, what?
The Trail of Blood is a blasphemous book which only the depraved read. Tell me, do you like to spit on God?
Blasphemous, in what way?
In every way, lies of the devil are
Give me one example.
The entire book