This work has been acclaimed by Baptist historical scholars to be the most accurate and well-balanced treatment carefully detailing the history of the New Testament people who were called simply “Baptists” the last three and one-half centuries.1 Having said this, we do not mean to imply that the monumental labor of Dr. Armitage is without flaws and even perhaps a sprinkling of human errors. As noted in his preface to the book, he was far from claiming any type of infallibility. However, this great