Editing Primitive Baptists (section)

==Theological views==
Primitive Baptists reject some elements of classical [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed theology]], such as [[infant baptism]], and avoid the term "Calvinist".{{Sfn| Crowley | 2006 |p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=9cJjleldIVEC&pg=PA158  158]}}  They are still Calvinist in the sense of holding strongly to the [[Five Points of Calvinism]] and they explicitly reject [[Arminianism]].{{Sfn| Crowley | 2006 |p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=9cJjleldIVEC&pg=PA158  158]}}<ref name=Garrett212 /> They are also characterized by "intense conservatism".<ref name="Columbia">{{Cite book |contribution-url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Baptists.aspx#1 | contribution = Baptists |title= The Columbia Encyclopedia |edition= sixth |year = 2008 | access-date =2012-01-25| publisher = Encyclopedia.com | title-link = The Columbia Encyclopedia }}</ref>{{Sfn | Crowley | 1998 | p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=6TTtLEXwYCUC&pg=PP17 xi]}}

One branch, the [[Primitive Baptist Universalist]] church of central [[Appalachia]], developed their own unique [[Trinitarian Universalism|Trinitarian Universalist]] theology as an extension of the [[irresistible grace]] doctrine of [[Calvinist]] theology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-03/baptist-scholar-says-remember-appalachia-it-disappears|title=Baptist scholar says remember Appalachia before it disappears|website=The Christian Century}}</ref> They were encouraged in this direction by 19th century itinerant [[Christian universalist]] preachers of similar theological bent to [[Hosea Ballou]] and [[John Murray (minister)|John Murray]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Mr-zilSKdgC|title = In the Hands of a Happy God: The "no-hellers" of Central Appalachia|isbn = 9780870499623|last1 = Dorgan|first1 = Howard|year = 1997| publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press }}{{page needed|date=April 2014}}</ref>