Baptism Teaching
DID YOU KNOW?That the first recipients of baptism were adults. Infant baptism was a later development that led to sprinkling. CHAMBERS ENCYCLOPEDIA. VOL. 2, PG. 112
There is no direct evidence in New Testament for infant baptism. INTERPRETERS BIBLE DICTIONARY, VOL. 1, PG. 352
The earliest Christian literature makes no reference to baptism of infants. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, VOL. 1, PG. 138
The first mention of infant baptism was about 185 A.D. Not universal until 6th Century. HISTORY OF CHURCH, by WALKER, PGS. 87, 88
That 350 Lutheran pastors of W. Germany wish to abandon infant baptism. Many of these same pastors refused to baptize their own infants. They felt that baptism should be understood first by the recipient. TIME MAGAZINE, PG. 58 - May, 1968
That Karl Barth of Switzerland, the best known Theologian of 20th Century said, "There is not Biblical basis for infant baptism - this tradition is simply an old error of the church." TIME MAGAZINE, PG. 58 - May, 1968
A child should be old enough to receive teaching, believe, and repent of sin before being baptized. Dedicating children to God and asking Him to bless them is Biblical. This Jesus did in Luke 18:15-17, Matthew 19:13-15.
That the first recipients of baptism were adults. Infant baptism was a later development that led to sprinkling. CHAMBERS ENCYCLOPEDIA. VOL. 2, PG. 112
There is no direct evidence in New Testament for infant baptism. INTERPRETERS BIBLE DICTIONARY, VOL. 1, PG. 352
The earliest Christian literature makes no reference to baptism of infants. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, VOL. 1, PG. 138
The first mention of infant baptism was about 185 A.D. Not universal until 6th Century. HISTORY OF CHURCH, by WALKER, PGS. 87, 88
That 350 Lutheran pastors of W. Germany wish to abandon infant baptism. Many of these same pastors refused to baptize their own infants. They felt that baptism should be understood first by the recipient. TIME MAGAZINE, PG. 58 - May, 1968
That Karl Barth of Switzerland, the best known Theologian of 20th Century said, "There is not Biblical basis for infant baptism - this tradition is simply an old error of the church." TIME MAGAZINE, PG. 58 - May, 1968
A child should be old enough to receive teaching, believe, and repent of sin before being baptized. Dedicating children to God and asking Him to bless them is Biblical. This Jesus did in Luke 18:15-17, Matthew 19:13-15.