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(New) John Smyth and the Origins of the Baptist Movement. (Transcript added)
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- The Rise of the Protestants
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- Jul 21, 2026
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- 2000
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Regular episode Season 3 1 (New) John Smyth and the Origins of the Baptist Movement. (Transcript added) © 20 26 The Rise of the Protestants., Author, Shaughan Holt. Audio • Series 3 Episode 1 – The Picture: A Winter Landscape with Skaters is an imagined scene set in Amsterdam in 1608, painted in the style of Dutch artists of the period. It depicts people from all walks of life enjoying a day skating on a frozen river. The painting reflects the exceptionally harsh winter of 1607–1608, the most severe in living memory across much of early modern Europe. Part of the Little Ice Age, it followed a period of reduced solar activity and volcanic eruptions, bringing widespread crop failures, hardship, and famine. The winter left a lasting mark on society and became famous in England when the River Thames froze solid for almost six weeks. Unable to work, enterprising water,men and merchants set up tents and stalls on the ice, creating the first recorded Frost Fair, a remarkable winter carnival on the frozen river . The Music: Praise to the Lord the Almighty performed by the Texas Bluebonnets. The Texas Bluebonnet Mennonite Chorus is a volunteer choir made up of singers from various Anabaptist and Mennonite churches throughout Texas. Episode Description . The Protestant Reformation did not stop with Luther, Calvin, or the English Reformers. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, new movements kept appearing as people studied the Scriptures, questioned old traditions, and tried to bring back what they saw as the New Testament Church’s original pattern. This chapter looks at some of these changes, starting with the Anabaptists and Mennonites and moving on to the Baptists, with a brief reference to the Remonstrants and later Methodism. We will also see how ideas like believ…