An Old High School Chum wrote this:
The biblical justification that Lutheranism uses for infant baptism is Acts 2:38-39. I also read a new term for me anyway this morning. Anabaptist. Since you definitely have more religious education than I, who were they?
I responded:
Read this carefully as if under the tutelage of Ms Logsdon (examine the grammar, especially the antecedents):
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."
How do babies repent?
The promise of the Holy Spirit is for all coming generations... When and if they repent. Baptism follows repentance, no? And I can't say that I've met a "spirit filled" baby...maybe poopy filled.
Anabaptists... they were the group that strongly advocated believers Baptism.
My religious education mostly taught me how to find information. If there had been Google and Wikipedia, I could have saved myself 3 extra years of education.
Here's your answer in greater depth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptist
The biblical justification that Lutheranism uses for infant baptism is Acts 2:38-39. I also read a new term for me anyway this morning. Anabaptist. Since you definitely have more religious education than I, who were they?
I responded:
Read this carefully as if under the tutelage of Ms Logsdon (examine the grammar, especially the antecedents):
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."
How do babies repent?
The promise of the Holy Spirit is for all coming generations... When and if they repent. Baptism follows repentance, no? And I can't say that I've met a "spirit filled" baby...maybe poopy filled.
Anabaptists... they were the group that strongly advocated believers Baptism.
My religious education mostly taught me how to find information. If there had been Google and Wikipedia, I could have saved myself 3 extra years of education.
Here's your answer in greater depth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptist
This wiki has a great graphic comparision of how differing groups perform and interprete baptism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism
Hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
Slipnaught the Piewit
Hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
Slipnaught the Piewit
