Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective

Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective
Title Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective PDF eBook
Author David F. Wright
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 457
Release 2007-04-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1556353367

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These important and incisive essays, spanning more than two decades of research and engagement, probe facets and episodes of infant baptism's fortunes over twenty centuries. The story of pedobaptism is traced from its shadowy beginnings as a variant of faith-baptism, through inflated Reformation defenses as infant-baptism monopolized baptismal thought and practice, to biblical and ecumenical reevaluations and hopeful contemporary rapprochements across divisive waters.

Baptism

Baptism
Title Baptism PDF eBook
Author David F. Wright
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 202
Release 2009-11-16
Genre Religion
ISBN 083087819X

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In Baptism: Three Views, editor David F. Wright has provided a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views on baptism to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice.

Baptism in the Early Church

Baptism in the Early Church
Title Baptism in the Early Church PDF eBook
Author Everett Ferguson
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 988
Release 2009-03-23
Genre Religion
ISBN 0802827489

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A comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods.

Baptism in the Early Church

Baptism in the Early Church
Title Baptism in the Early Church PDF eBook
Author Hennie Stander
Publisher EP BOOKS
Pages 192
Release 2004
Genre Baptism
ISBN 9780952791317

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This book demonstrates that believer's baptism did not simply disappear after the apostolic era, but continued to be the accepted practice for centuries. Infant baptism became part of ecclesiastical practice gradually, apart from apostolic injunction. For this reason it must be called into question and rejected as a suitable practice for Christian churches.

Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace

Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace
Title Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace PDF eBook
Author Paul King Jewett
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 276
Release 1978
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780802817136

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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Paul Jewett, author of the creative and highly provocative book Man As Male and Female, here turns his critical attention to the practice of infant baptism. Jewett does not accept the traditional "covenant" argument for baptizing infants, and this book explains why he believes this argument fails. Infant baptism is not a subject which can be isolated. For, as Jewett would have his readers understand, one's view on this issue is integrally related to one's view of the sacraments in general and thereby to the whole doctrine of the church and salvation. Thus it is understandable that what appears to be a minor theological question has had such divisive effects on the church. A discussion of the historical source of infant baptism begins Jewett's critique and introduces such issues as the distinction between infants and children, the silence of certain early church fathers on the subject, infant communion, and catechetical instruction. The second and major portion of this book examines the theological issue, focusing specifically on the covenant argument, which suggests that baptism replaces circumcision as the sign of the covenant and thereby is given to infants. This argument, Jewett claims, fails to take into account the historical character of revelation, and contains certain contradictions. Jewett concludes with a creative defense of believer baptism, one which is theologically responsible and which recognizes the profound truths of covenant theology.

Word, Water, and Spirit

Word, Water, and Spirit
Title Word, Water, and Spirit PDF eBook
Author John V. Fesko
Publisher Reformation Heritage Books
Pages 581
Release 2013-08-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 1601782535

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"This book represents a substantial accomplishment, one that provides a useful resource for those wanting to deepen their understanding of the sacraments, particularly baptism. Reflecting a massive amount of research, against the background of an in-depth survey of various views of baptism in church history, Fesko provides an extensive exegetical and biblical-theological study of the covenantal and eschatological significance of baptism followed by systematic theological reflections on key issues like baptism as a means of grace, the efficacy of baptism, the biblical warrant for infant baptism (and against paedocommunion) and the importance of baptism for the church. One need not agree with his reflections at every point to benefit from his considerable labors." - Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary

It Takes a Church to Baptize

It Takes a Church to Baptize
Title It Takes a Church to Baptize PDF eBook
Author Scot McKnight
Publisher Brazos Press
Pages 143
Release 2018-08-21
Genre Religion
ISBN 1493414631

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The issue of baptism has troubled Protestants for centuries. Should infants be baptized before their faith is conscious, or does God command the baptism of babies whose parents have been baptized? Popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight makes a biblical case for infant baptism, exploring its history, meaning, and practice and showing that infant baptism is the most historic Christian way of forming children into the faith. He explains that the church's practice of infant baptism developed straight from the Bible and argues that it must begin with the family and then extend to the church. Baptism is not just an individual profession of faith: it takes a family and a church community to nurture a child into faith over time. McKnight explains infant baptism for readers coming from a tradition that baptizes adults only, and he counters criticisms that fail to consider the role of families in the formation of faith. The book includes a foreword by Todd Hunter and an afterword by Gerald McDermott.