Infant Baptism and Church Membership: Issues and Ambiguity

Abstract People are initiated into the church by baptism. But what does it mean when baptism is administered to an infant? What does it mean that a baptised child is a member of the church? What privileges and responsibilities accompany that membership? This article explores discussions of and decis...

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Main Author: Faber, Ryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Ecclesiology
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 390-407
Further subjects:B Church discipline
B paedocommunion
B Church membership
B Infant baptism
B Christian Reformed Church
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