Alexander Baker was an English Jesuit

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

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Baker was born in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 in 1582. He entered the Society of Jesus about 1610 and was professed of the four vows in 1627 and visited India twice as a missionary.

Baker died on 24 August 1638 in London

London

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, where he had resided for many years. He reconciled the Rev. William Coke, a son of Sir Edward Coke

Edward Coke

Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the...

, to the Catholic Church in 1615. Among the State papers

State papers

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 is a manuscript by Baker in defence of the doctrine of Baptismal regeneration

Baptismal regeneration

Baptismal regeneration, the literal meaning of which is "being born again" "through baptism" , is the doctrine within some Christian denominations that holds that salvation is dependent upon the act of baptism; in other words, baptismal regenerationists believe that it is essential for one to be...

as held by Catholics, showing its difference from the opinion of Protestants.