Infant baptism and the disposition to saving faith
Reformed accounts of infant baptism are usually covenantal and promissory in nature. They are about bringing the child into the ambit of the visible church in the hope the infant will own the faith upon reaching the age of reason. This paper sets out an alternative Reformed account of baptism, drawi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2022
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Scottish journal of theology
Année: 2022, Volume: 75, Numéro: 4, Pages: 363-373 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Baptême des enfants
/ Profession de foi
/ Église réformée
/ Foi
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KDD Église protestante NAB Théologie fondamentale NBP Sacrements |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Baptism
B Régénération B Disposition B Reformed Theology B Faith |
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| Résumé: | Reformed accounts of infant baptism are usually covenantal and promissory in nature. They are about bringing the child into the ambit of the visible church in the hope the infant will own the faith upon reaching the age of reason. This paper sets out an alternative Reformed account of baptism, drawing on the Scottish confessional tradition. On this account, infants have a disposition to faith conveyed to them in baptism that will in due course become dispositional faith exercised in saving faith. Thus, baptism involves regeneration - or something close to it. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930622000631 |