Editing Arminianism (section)

===Baptists===
The Baptist movement emerged in 17th-century in England. The first Baptists—called "[[General Baptists]]" because of their confession of a "general" or unlimited atonement—were Arminians.{{sfn|Gonzalez|2014|pp=225–226}} The Baptist movement originated with [[Thomas Helwys]], who left his mentor John Smyth (who had moved into shared belief and other distinctives of the Dutch [[Waterland]]er Mennonites of Amsterdam) and returned to London to start the first English Baptist Church in 1611. Later General Baptists such as [[John Griffith (Baptist minister)|John Griffith]], Samuel Loveday, and [[Thomas Grantham (Baptist)|Thomas Grantham]] defended a Reformed Arminian theology that reflected the Arminianism of Arminius. The General Baptists encapsulated their Arminian views in numerous [[Creed|confessions]], the most influential of which was the [[List of Baptist confessions|Standard Confession]] of 1660. In the 1640s the [[Particular Baptists]] were formed, diverging from Arminian doctrine and embracing the strong Calvinism of the Presbyterians and [[Independent (religion)|Independents]]. Their robust Calvinism was publicized in such confessions as the [[1644 Baptist Confession of Faith|London Baptist Confession of 1644]] and the Second London Confession of 1689. The London Confession of 1689 was later used by Calvinistic Baptists in America (called the Philadelphia Baptist Confession), whereas the Standard Confession of 1660 was used by the American heirs of the English General Baptists, who soon came to be known as [[Free Will Baptists]].{{sfn|Torbet|1963|pp=37, 145, 507}}