The Origins of Infant Baptism — Child Believers' Baptism?

Baptism has been placed firmly on the agenda of ecumenical theology by the Lima Report, Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry. It makes no attempt to resolve the question of baptismal origins, but judiciously summarizes the state of the debate: ‘While the possibility that infant baptism was practised in t...

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Main Author: Wright, David F. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1987
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1987, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23
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