Baptism beliefs
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- Created on: 30-11-18 09:27
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- Religious Identity through Baptism
- Infant Baptism
- Most christian denominations regard the practice of Infant Baptism
- it is believed that the practice of infant baptism gets rid of the original sin that was created in the fall.
- Evidence for infant baptism in the NT bible
- John 3:5, Jesus said 'no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and spirit'
- Luke 18: 'People were bringing even infants to him... Jesus said let the children come to me'
- Colossians: 'a spiritual circumcision'
- Infant baptism has always been a uniform practice within the early church.
- Although infants can not give the consent to the faith, this doesn't prevent them being baptised
- Augustine said children are to be given spiritual grace'
- Huldrych Zwingli
- He was Protestant reformer in Switzerland
- He believed that infant baptism is acceptable as it is the divine promise that young children will be brought up into the faith
- He didn't believe that baptism washed away sin like taught, it seals righteousness
- Augustine
- He wrote that it is a tradition received from the apostles
- The council of Carthage in 418CE declared that even babies, who are yet unable i
- Believers Baptism
- The belief of believers baptism is that adults should be only baptized as they are able to understand the faith and have a choice
- There are a group called the 'Anabaptists' meaning re-baptize. they are not accepted by the church
- Evidence for Believers Baptism in NT
- Acts 8 - the Samaritans are baptized after they believe the good news
- Jesus was baptized as an adult.
- Karl Barth - Baptism as union with Christ
- The belief of believers baptism was endorsed by Barth.
- Barth says: baptism marked with water is the first step to Christ.
- it is not a sacrament, but rather an image of salvation
- Infant Baptism
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