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| | Infant baptism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Baptism, they believe, is one of the Means of Grace through which God creates and/or strengthens the gift of faith. | | | Baptism is a sign that a person is a member of God’s covenant community. | | | If baptism is a sign that a person is a member of God’s covenant and if the children of believers are members of that community, then, pedobaptists contend, it follows that the children of believers should receive the sign that they are members of God’s covenant community by being baptized. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_baptism
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Baptism |
| | Baptism is, therefore, the sacrament by which we are born again of water and the Holy Ghost, that is, by which we receive in a new and spiritual life, the dignity of adoption as sons of God and heirs of God's kingdom. | | | Holy Baptism holds the first place among the sacraments, because it is the door of the spiritual life; for by it we are made members of Christ and incorporated with the Church. | | | Baptism given by heretics in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost with the intention of performing what the Church performs, is not true baptism, |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258b.htm
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| | Of Infant Baptism - John Owen |
| | But this is contrary to the goodness and law [love?] of God, the nature and promises of the covenant, the testimony of Christ reckoning them to the kingdom of God, the faith of godly parents, and the belief of the church in all ages. | | | All infants are born in a state of sin, wherein they are spiritually dead and under the curse. | | | That baptism is not a sign of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, is clear from hence, because an instituted sign is a sign of gospel grace participated, or to be participated. |
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http://www.apuritansmind.com/Baptism/OwenJohnInfantBaptism.htm
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| | Infant Baptism |
| | None of the Fathers or councils of the Church was claiming that the practice was contrary to Scripture or tradition. | | | If infant baptism were not the rule, then we should have references to the children of Christian parents joining the Church only after they had come to the age of reason, and there are no such records in the Bible. | | | They agreed that the practice of baptizing infants was the customary and appropriate practice since the days of the early Church; the only uncertainty seemed to be when—exactly—an infant should be baptized. |
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http://www.catholic.com/library/Infant_Baptism.asp
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| | Infant Baptism |
| | Baptism is not just a symbolic testimony of what God has done in the heart of an adult believer, but is in itself a dynamic means of actually effecting the power of the Gospel (the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ) in a life (Romans 6:4). | | | There is no evidence that anyone being against infant baptism in the early Church on the grounds that you must first "believe" and be baptized. | | | No parents should be allowed to baptize their infant if they themselves have not made an expressed commitment to serve Jesus Christ and raise their child in accordance with God's Word. |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7067.asp
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| | Catholic Insight: Defending Infant Baptism |
| | The faith which the infants lack is, according to the teachings of St. Augustine. | | | For which reason we say that even the children of the ancients "were saved through the faith of their parents." Wherefore it would be contrary to natural justice if such children were baptized against their parents' will; just as it would be if one having the use of reason were baptized against his will. | | | If faith isn't necessary for baptism to be valid, that means faith cannot be the efficient cause of initial justification (i.e., the first time ever we're justified). |
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http://www.cathinsight.com/apologetics/infant.htm
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| | Infant Baptism |
| | "Infant baptism" was not practiced by the apostles and the early church: All eleven cases of conversion in the book of Acts show that men heard the gospel preached, believed and were baptized. | | | Many religious groups teach "infant baptism." The Discipline of the Methodist Church says, "Let every adult person, and the parents of every child to be baptized, have the choice of sprinkling, pouring or immersion" (1952 edition, page 519). | | | The Catholic Church teaches that, "Baptism used to be given by placing the person to be baptized completely in the water; it was done in this way in the Catholic Church for 1200 years" (Adult Catechism, pp. |
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http://www.truthmagazine.com/archives/volume23/TM023171.htm
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| | Infant Baptism |
| | Thus, baptism of infants still in the innocent state (and as yet unaccountable for their actions) came into vogue among many of the churches. | | | This verse is not teaching, however, that little infants, just born, are come to Christ by being baptized by a priest! | | | These are traditions of men, and we can follow the commandments of God or follow after the traditions of men; it is up to us. |
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http://www.gospelcenterchurch.org/Infantbaptism.html
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| | Infant Baptism -- Apolonio's Catholic Apologetics, Philosophy, Spirituality |
| | "Baptism is given for the remission of sins; and according to the usage of the Church, Baptism is given even to infants. | | | Irenaeus was the disciple of St. Polycarp, who was the disciple of the Apostle John himself (as well as an associate of the Apostle Philip). | | | And so, while there is no specific mention of infants being Baptized, we do see numerous allusions to it in Scripture. |
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http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/a26.htm
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| | Luther's Sermon on Infant Baptism |
| | Herein is the great faith of this heathen, that he knows salvation does not depend upon the bodily presence of Christ, for this does not avail, but upon the Word and faith. | | | For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Dr. Martin Luther, Th.D., Reformer, sinner and child of God's Lutheranism topic, please visit the Discussions page. | | | Lutheranism - Luther's Sermon on Infant Baptism - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/lutheranism/24080 |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/lutheranism/24080
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| | Infant Baptism |
| | The Biblical Ground for the Baptism of Infants |
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