To: wideawake; Aggressive Calvinist; OrthodoxPresbyterian; drstevej; Alex Murphy; Jean Chauvin; ...
Reformed Christians believe in infant baptism.
It is a sign of the parent's and church community's adoption of the child into the faith.
The child is a member of the Body of Christ, not as an individual, but as a participant in the community of the Redeemed.
84 posted on
07/24/2003 2:42:21 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray.)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
That's the position of many Reformed Christians, but not all.
I know the sons of a Presbyterian minister who were not baptized until their mid-teens.
120 posted on
07/24/2003 5:10:32 PM PDT by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
I'm not saying you're wrong - I'm just saying I know people who consider themselves Reformed who cavil at infant baptism.
123 posted on
07/24/2003 5:18:17 PM PDT by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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