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...

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Main Author: Faber, Ryan L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2021]
In: 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
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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