Robert G. Torbet

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Robert G. Torbet



Robert George Torbet (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) was a seminary dean, professor, and historian. He served on the faculty of the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (1934-1951), and on the American Baptist Board of Education and Publications (editor and department director, 1951-1958), and on the faculty of Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Professor of Church History and Dean, 1958-1966). Besides serving on the Board of Education and Publications, he also served as President of the American Baptist Convention (1965-1966).

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History of the Baptists

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Venture of Faith: the Story...

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Ecumenism; free church dilemma

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God's Word in Our Language

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The Baptist Story

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A History of the Baptists

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A Hisotry of the Baptists

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Baptists North and South

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“that government is best which rules least," John Leland Baptist spokesman who knew Thomas Jefferson, circa 1760.”
Robert G. Torbet, History of the Baptists

“That government is best which rules least," quoted in Torbet. Leland was a Baptist spokesman and pastor who knew Thomas Jefferson, circa 1760. No, I did not know him personally.”
Robert G. Torbet, History of the Baptists



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