John Smyth (English theologian)

English Puritan leader, minister, and theologian (c. 1554 – 1612)

John Smyth (c. 1554 – 1612) was an English Puritan minister and theologian, former Church of England cleric, defender of the principle of religious liberty, being an influential figure for the development of the Baptist tradition, and later personally developing a Mennonite theology.

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