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1 | Is infant baptism Biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | orthodoxy | 5607 | ||
No, you should not. Your current position is understandable, considering the significant amount of animosity between the Anabaptists and just about everyone else. Even though Protestants and Romans fought wars with each other, both of them allied against the Anabaptists, who were viewed as apostate. You have chosen a singularly difficult tradition. I believe, as does the historical tradition of everyone but the Anabaptists, that rebaptism is not only unnecessary, but sinful. It declares that God did not fulfill His promises when you were baptised the first time. Baptism is the sign and seal of entering into the covenant community. It should not be partaken of more than once. More than that, my soteriology does not allow for baptism to be received more than once. Since I believe that free will has nothing at all to do with salvation, strict believers baptism makes no sense, and rebaptism becomes an act of unbelief in the promises of God. |
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2 | Is infant baptism Biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 5672 | ||
The largest Protestant denomination in the United States, to which I belong, not only holds that baptism is for believers only, but frequently engages in re-baptism. There are others, the Church of Christ for example. You say your view is that re-baptism is not only unnecessary but sinful. If that is your view, so be it. But you claim it is shared by the historical tradtion of everyone but the Anabaptists. From what source did you gather your data for this statement?....You say (speaking of the Anabaptists) to Nolan Keck, "You have chosen a singularly difficult tradition." Why is it so difficult? And for whom is it difficult? For yourself? Perhaps it is not viewed as difficult at all by Nolan Keck And I would hope that he is sufficiently well-rooted in his faith that he will not be daunted by remarks that hardly could be viewed as encouraging to a fine young man. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Is infant baptism Biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | orthodoxy | 5690 | ||
Yes, I know the largest denomination in the US is Baptist. Their origins are in Holland, with the English Separatists. The movement's founder originally had close ties with the Mennonites, an Anabaptist group. There are several Churches of Christ (by name of course), so I can't comment on those. But I think that both of them are Pentecostal, which would allow one to trace their history to Anabaptism through Wesley. When I said difficult, I meant historically. Until quite recently they have been in a minority position. In Europe they were persecuted by just about everybody. That's all I was getting at. |
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