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To: RaisingCain

**There is no biblical instance of child baptism. **

Paul baptized several households, Lydias is one I remember, and the children were also baptized. I’m sure there were infants.

There are a couple of other households for an example here...and it IS in the Bible!


15 posted on 06/29/2012 5:34:42 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

From “I’m sure there were infants” to a dogma of the Catholic Church which contradicts scripture. That’s a strong leap.


17 posted on 06/29/2012 5:46:45 PM PDT by RaisingCain
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To: Salvation

“I’m sure there were infants.”

No you are not. The text itself doesn’t lend itself to that interpretation. There are specific words in the Greek for “children” and for “infants”. The word for “infants” is never used.

Also, the Bible is clear on the progression. You must believe BEFORE you are baptized. Infants cannot do that.


22 posted on 06/29/2012 6:34:47 PM PDT by sigzero
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To: Salvation; RaisingCain

How do you know there were infants?

Who told you there were?

Or did you read it somewhere?

Or is it just your opinion and an assumption?


72 posted on 06/30/2012 8:10:28 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slav)
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