The major problem of the baptismal dispute, as I see it, is the continued insistence by the churches that infant baptism be given the same significance as the baptism of a believer. The ...

Infant baptism is a church custom that can be traced ... on the Continent argued that baptism should be reserved for adult believers who consciously choose Christ—a practice followed by Baptists ...

The biblical case for infant baptism is an argument from plausibility ... The Apostle assumes as a fact beyond dispute that the children of believers are ‘holy’ (1 Corinthians 7:14), i.e ...

In their confusion, many sincere believers feel the need to get ... Protestant groups held to a sacramental view that baptism unites the infant or adult in deeper communion with God.

The RNS story contrasts the two traditions breezily and unhelpfully, connecting infant baptism with original sin and believer’s baptism with the baptism of Jesus. In fact, as BEM’s baptism section ...

because he has accepted the doctrine of baptism for believers only, yesterday said that since he became convinced of the truth of this teaching, he had objected strongly to baptizing the infant ...

Though debated among Christian denominations, historians believe infant baptism dates back ... number of denominations opting for adult baptism or “believer’s baptism” instead, including ...

In many denominations babies are baptised, and this is known as infant baptism ... words are said during a baptism. Two pastors fully submerge a man during his believers’ baptism Some Christians ...

"Some believers waited until they were on their deathbed so that their baptism would 'wash away' all the sins they might have committed." During the Middle Ages, infant baptism became predominant ...