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To: imardmd1
Read the early church fathers. They all embraced infant baptism. And there wasn't any controversy about it.

Wasn't any real church council focusing on it til the Council of Carthage, 254 A.D.: There, the 66 bishops concluded:

"We ought not hinder ANY person from Baptism and the Grace of God...especially infants...those newly born."

15 posted on 03/07/2015 12:49:17 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

I baptized my nephew because I knew he had to be. He has had several tours in the sandbox and Afghanistan as a pilot and has been safe for all of these tours. The hand of God is holding his...


17 posted on 03/07/2015 12:53:06 PM PST by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: Colofornian

I don’t read the early church “fathers” much. 254 AD is middle of 3rd century. And whatever decision they made, it’s still unscriptural.


21 posted on 03/07/2015 1:01:27 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Colofornian

“Read the early church fathers.”

If you took your own advice, you probably wouldn’t be a Protestant for very long.

I’m just saying. . .


29 posted on 03/07/2015 1:18:53 PM PST by vladimir998 (")
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