Our Formula for Infant Baptism

Authors

P. E. Kretzmann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

2-1-1933

Document Type

Homiletical Help

Keywords

baptism, water and word, holy spirit, children, exorcism, infant, creed, sacrament

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In the case of the rite of Holy Baptism the study of the question is complicated by the fact that the rite of confirmation and that of Baptism ordinarily came together, since this was the ordinary form of admission to membership in the Christion Church. We have good reasons, of course, for assuming that the baptism of infants was not the exception, even in the early Church, for children who were born of Christian parents.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Mark 10:13-16;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Kretzmann, P. E. (1933) "Our Formula for Infant Baptism," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 4, Article 16.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol4/iss1/16