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Asceticism
A denomination within Protestantism that later spawned the Mennonites and the Quakers. Early Baptists believed themselves to be members of the only “true church,” an exclusivity than led them to shun the outside world and deem it idolatrous.
Baptists Quotes in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Part 2, Section 1
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For the Baptists sects the intensity of their interest in the economic aspects of the calling was considerably increased by various factors. One of these was the refusal to accept state office, which was originally regarded as a religious duty deriving from rejection of the world […] and the strict refusal to bear arms and swear on oath disqualified them from public office.
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Part 2, Section 1: The Religious Foundations of Innerworldly Asceticism
...states that there are four primary sources of Protestant asceticism: Calvinism, Pietism, Methodism, and the Baptist sects. These denominations all link together in various ways and sometimes cross over each other,...
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According to Weber, the Baptists, which later spawned the Mennonites and Quakers, contributed to Protestant asceticism through their belief in...
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Weber argues that the Baptist’s belief that God speaks to Christians inwardly, though their “inner light,” effectively eliminated the concept...
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