![]() ![]() One Anglican Bishop said of Baxter that had he lived during the earliest years of Christianity, he would have been “one of the fathers of the church.” The famed Dr. He wrote more than 160 separate works-nearly 200, by some estimates. Though all but forgotten today, Baxter was a popular and prolific author in his own day and for many decades following his death. The author’s name was Richard Baxter, and his writings on the “essentials” of Christianity provide a useful background to the views articulated by Lewis.Ī Protestant clergyman in England, Baxter lived from 1615 to 1691. What most people don’t realize is that Lewis adapted this term from an author who wrote more than three hundred years ago. Lewis employed to describe essential Christianity-those core Christian beliefs held through the ages by Catholics and Protestants alike. Richard Baxter and the Origin of “Mere Christianity” John G. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Print arroba Email ![]()
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