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To: one Lord one faith one baptism; Natural Law; Quix
>> Is infant baptism correct or not?<<

Peter declared, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children" (Acts 2:38–39).

The Church baptized whole "households" (Acts 16:33; 1 Cor. 1:16), a term encompassing children and infants as well as servants. While these texts do not specifically mention—nor exclude—infants, the very use of the term "households" indicates an understanding of the family as a unit.

Now you need to answer a question. Find scriptural proof of the assumption of Mary. If you don’t, please don’t throw straw men around asking questions of us.

531 posted on 01/17/2011 5:58:29 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear; one Lord one faith one baptism; MarkBsnr
"Now you need to answer a question. Find scriptural proof of the assumption of Mary. If you don’t, please don’t throw straw men around asking questions of us."

How ironic that those who argue on this thread that a "taking up" (Rapture) will be experienced by all believers are the very ones who argue against this very thing having taken place for the Mother of Jesus whom they concede produced virgin birth.

St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451), made known to the Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria, who wished to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened, upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven.

583 posted on 01/17/2011 7:17:09 PM PST by Natural Law
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