Testament has been and must continue to be included for many of the beliefs that are crucial to the Christian faith. Our distinctive theological identity as Baptists, however, is derived from the New Testament. As Baptists, we recognize the progressive nature of revelation. Progressive revelation is the belief that later revelation builds upon and expands previous revelation. The New Testament provides revelation on the distinctive traits of Baptists (i.e., our ecclesiology) not revealed in the Old
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