Seekers (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Edwin Burton · 1913
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Description
An obscure Puritan group that rose in England in the middle 1600s, the Seekers claimed to be hunting for the true Church, Scripture, ministry, and sacraments, which they held to be lost. This short Catholic Encyclopedia entry leans on the contemporary account of Richard Baxter. He reported their teaching that present Scripture was uncertain. He said they held that fresh miracles were needed for faith. He added that they counted existing ministry and worship as nothing.
Baxter also charged, in a claim the entry flags as absurd, that Catholics had hatched the group. Other writers linked the Seekers with the Vanists or read millenarian hopes into them. The entry concludes that the name likely marked a school of thought rather than a firmly organized body.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Edwin Burton |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |