Isaac Backus ✓

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American Baptist minister

About Isaac Backus

Isaac Backus was a leading Baptist minister during the era of the American Revolution who campaigned against state-established churches in New England. Little is known of his childhood. In "An account of the life of Isaac Backus", he provides genealogical information and a chronicle of events leading to his religious conversion.

Notable works:

History of New-England

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God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one of… Appointed
Now who can hear Christ declare, that his kingdom is, not of this world, and yet believe that this blending of church and state together… Believe

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