Questions tagged [paedobaptism]
The paedobaptism tag has no usage guidance.
3
questions
2
votes
3answers
320 views
Which doctrine was formalised first: Infant Baptism or Original Sin?
What I mean is something like this :
Case A, Original Sin came first
because all newly born baby are going to hell if they die in their infant age
then let's do Infant Baptism so they don't go to ...
6
votes
1answer
163 views
Did John Calvin believe that the grandchildren of a believer are entitled to infant baptism?
In Calvinism, the children of believers are considered "members of the covenant" and as a sign of that covenant, they are baptized as infants.
Practically speaking, this means that if at least one ...
7
votes
3answers
849 views
What is the earliest explicit mention of infant baptism?
The Bible describes several adults being baptized (notably Jesus and the Ethiopian eunuch that Phillip baptized). And while it mentions many others being baptized, it doesn't explicitly mention ...
