Only ADULTS are instructed to “repent and be baptized.”
Infants are not instructed at all. Nobody wastes time telling infants to “repent.”
But who said that repenting and being baptized are INSEPARABLE? Nobody. Ever.
Repenting is NOT part of the sacrament of Baptism.
The sacrament consists of immersion, or pouring or sprinkling water so that it flows, and saying “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
Babies are born without grace, a state generally known as Original Sin. Baptism initiates the life of grace. The absence of PERSONAL sin in the baby is irrelevant.
But who said that repenting and being baptized are INSEPARABLE? Nobody. Ever.
You gotta be kidding me...
Act 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Act 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Repenting is NOT part of the sacrament of Baptism.
That why Catholic sacraments are illegitimate...That's why God preserved his scripture so we could separate those false religions; those who claim repentance is not necessary...