Ep. 2 John Thomas: The Man, the Myth, the Founder of the Christadelphians

Today we're diving into the origin of the Christadelphians and taking a look at their founder/rediscover-er Doctor John Thomas! Let's count how many times he got baptized and see what lengths he went to in order to get away from the priest-ridden society of England. This story is probably a little different than the Christadelphian origin story you thought you knew...

Works Cited:

Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889- Dr. Thomas entry on page 84

Dr. Thomas: His Life & Work By Robert Roberts 1873

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-joseph-dispenza-seduced-america-with-pseudoscience/

John Thomas and his Rediscovery of Bible Truth by Norman Fadelle, 2004

https://www.christadelphianbooks.com/detail/1488

https://christadelphia.net/history.htm

 John Thomas His Friends and His Faith by Peter Hemingray, 2003

 

Ancestry.com, John Thomas

in the England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, Page 46

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/143843:2972?tid=&pid=&queryid=9a44aaa7-e1d6-4b10-b0a1-bf26672955d8&_phsrc=oGi9&_phstart=success

Alexander Campbell Shipwreck and Journey to Glasgow, Scotland

Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, by Robert Richardson, Volume 1, Chapters 7 & 8, pages 104-128.

https://www.therestorationmovement.com/_international/scotland/glasgow.htm

History of the Restoration Movement

Christadelphian Standards by H.P. Mansfield in 1961

Page 104 “Brother Mansfield’s remarks here were primarily with regard to the Pioneer works, although we acknowledge that there are other very good works available which have been written by other brethren. However, we would sound a note of caution. During the years since Brother Mansfield penned the above words, many works have been offered to us by an ever-increasing number of writers. Experience has shown us that many of these works are of doubtful value; others, paraded as Christadelphian literature, will prove quite dangerous to the unwary. Exercise care in this regard.”

 

“My Days and My Ways” by Robert Roberts, 1894

Eureka volume III

 

The preface of Eureka Vol III