Infant Baptism: God's Promise or Ours?
This article examines the baptism liturgies of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC). It argues that parental promises eclipse the promise of God in the practice of baptism in the CRC. A discernible shift from an emphasis on God’s promise in the CRC’s oldest liturgy to an increasing e...
| Published in: | Studia liturgica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2021]
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Studia liturgica
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-45 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christian Reformed Church
/ Netherlands
/ Reformed Church
/ Infant baptism
/ Liturgy
/ Promise
/ History 1500-2021
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAA Church history KBD Benelux countries KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Netherlands Liturgy
B Baptism B Promises B covenant holiness B Liturgy B Christian Reformed Church B baptismal vows |
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| Summary: | This article examines the baptism liturgies of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC). It argues that parental promises eclipse the promise of God in the practice of baptism in the CRC. A discernible shift from an emphasis on God’s promise in the CRC’s oldest liturgy to an increasing emphasis on parental promises in the new liturgies adopted by Synods 1976 and 1994 is observed. Ambiguity about the meaning of baptism is evident in the CRC’s newest baptism liturgies, adopted by Synods 2013 and 2016. This article concludes that the denomination should adopt a new baptism liturgy in which parental promises are made only after the administration of their child’s baptism. |
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| ISSN: | 2517-4797 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0039320720981068 |