Seekers
SEEKERS
A denomination which arose in the year 1645. They derived their name from their maintaining that the true church ministry, Scripture, and ordinances, were lost, for which they were seeking. They taught that the Scriptures were uncertain; that present miracles were necessary to faith; that our ministry is without authority; and that our worship and ordinances are unnecessary or vain.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Seekers
An obscure Puritan sect which arose in England in the middles of the seventeenth century. They represented an Antinomian tendency among some of the Independents, and professed to be seeking for the true Church, Scripture, Ministry, and Sacraments. In his contemporary account Richard Baxter says of them: “They taught that our scripture was uncertain; that present miracles are necessary to faith; that our ministry is null and without authority, and our worship and ordinances unnecessary or vain, the Church, ministry, scripture and ordinances being lost, for which they are now seeking.” He adds the absurd statement: “I quickly found that the Papists principally hatched and actuated this sect, and that a considerable number that were of this profession were some Papists and some infidels.” (Life and Times, 76). According to Baxter, they amalgamated with the Vanists. Weingarten considers that they held Millenarian views. Probably the name denotes a school of thought rather than a definitely-organized body.
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BAXTER, Reliquiæ Baxterianæ (London, 1696); WEINGARTEN, Die Revolutionskirchen Englands (Leipzig, 1868).
EDWIN BURTON Transcribed by Maria Medina Dedicated to Nomer Candelaria
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIIICopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, February 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, D.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Seekers
a small sect of Puritans which arose in England in 1645, and was afterwards merged in that of the Quakers. The Seekers derived their name from the employment in which they represented themselves as being continually engaged, that of seeking for the true Church, ministry, Scriptures, and ordinances, all of which, they alleged, had been lost. Baxter (Life and Times, p. 76) says of them. They taught that our Scripture was uncertain; that present miracles are necessary to faith: that our ministry is null and without authority, and our worship and ordinances unnecessary or vain. They and the Rationalists were promoters of the deism of England. See Hagenbach, Hist. of Doctrines, 2, 238.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Seekers
General references
Gen 49:18; Deu 4:29; 1Ch 16:11; 1Ch 22:19; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 11:16; 2Ch 15:2; 2Ch 15:12-13; 2Ch 26:5; 2Ch 30:18-19; 2Ch 31:21; Ezr 8:22; Job 5:8; Job 8:5-6; Psa 9:10; Psa 14:2; Psa 17:1-2; Psa 22:26; Psa 24:3-6; Psa 25:5; Psa 25:15; Psa 27:4; Psa 27:8; Psa 27:14; Psa 33:20; Psa 34:4; Psa 34:10; Psa 40:1-4; Psa 42:1-4; Psa 63:1-8; Psa 69:32; Psa 70:4-5; Psa 77:1-9; Psa 78:34; Psa 81:10; Psa 83:16; Psa 84:2; Psa 105:4; Psa 119:2; Psa 119:10; Psa 130:5-6; Psa 143:6; Psa 145:18-19; Pro 2:3-5; Pro 8:17; Pro 8:34; Pro 28:5; Son 3:1-4; Isa 8:19; Isa 26:8-9; Isa 44:3-4; Isa 45:19; Isa 45:22; Isa 49:9-12; Isa 49:23; Isa 51:1; Isa 55:6-7; Isa 59:20; Isa 61:1-3; Jer 29:13; Jer 42:3; Jer 50:4; Lam 3:25-26; Lam 3:41; Eze 18:21-23; Dan 9:3; Hos 3:5; Hos 5:15; Hos 10:12; Joe 2:12-13; Amo 5:4-6; Amo 5:8; Amo 5:14; Amo 8:12; Zep 2:3; Zec 8:20-23; Mat 5:6; Mat 6:33; Luk 6:21; Luk 11:9-13; Mat 7:7-12; Luk 13:24; Luk 14:26-33; Luk 16:16; Joh 6:37; Act 2:21; Act 17:27; Rom 3:11; Rom 10:13; Heb 7:25; Heb 9:28; Heb 11:6; Jas 4:8; Rev 3:20; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:17 Backsliders; Penitent; Sin, Confession of; Sin, Forgiveness of
Instances of:
– Asa
2Ch 14:7
– Jehoshaphat
2Ch 17:3-4
– Uzziah
2Ch 26:5
– Hezekiah
2Ch 31:21
– Josiah
2Ch 34:3
– Ezra
Ezr 7:10
– David
Psa 34:4
– Daniel
Dan 9:3-4
– The magi
Mat 2:1-2 Penitent; Zeal