Biblical Separation: The Struggle for a Pure Church

by Ernest Pickering

Publisher:

Regular Baptist Press

, 2008

Overview

This book is the classic historical and Biblical defense of an idea—that the church cannot fellowship with those who deny the doctrines of the historic Christian faith. In print for thirty-five years, Biblical Separation is the first source for colleges, seminaries, and anyone wishing to study this important topic.

Key Features

• Deals with what is commonly called “ecclesiastical separation,” the principle of separation as applied to the nature and associations of the visible churches
• Explores Biblical separation as the implementation of the Scriptural teaching that demands repudiation of any fellowiship with those who deny the doctrines of the Christian faith
• Seeks to allow Pickering's view to be explained as completely and clearly as possible by his own later work

Contents

• The Early Conflict: Donatism vs. Catholicism
• Lights in the Dark Ages
• Separatism and the Anabaptists
• The Puritans and the Separatist Principle
• The Rise and Impact of Modern Religious Unbelief
• The Exodus from Mainline Denominations
• Separatism in Non- and Interdenominational Bodies
• The New and the Young Evangelicals
• Ecumenical Evangelism—A Frontal Attack on Biblical Separation
• Separation Issues since Ecumenical Evangelism in the 1970's
• The Scriptural Basis of Ecclesiastical Separation
• Arguments for the Anti-separatist Position Analyzed
• The Problem of So-called Secondary Separation
• Implementing Separatist Convictions

Product Details

• Title: Biblical Separation: The Struggle for a Pure Church
• Author: Ernest Pickering
• Publisher: Regular Baptist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Pages: 264
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLCLSPRTNCHRCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-03-08T15:38:44Z

About Ernest Pickering

Ernest Dinwoodie Pickering (December 14, 1928 – October 16, 2000) was a fundamentalist pastor, author, college administrator, and mission board representative.