Infant baptism in historical perspective : collected studies / David F. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, David F., author.

Series:

Studies in Christian history and thought.

Studies in Christian History and Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infant baptism--History.

Infant baptism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Milton Keynes, England : Paternoster, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These important and incisive essays, spanning more than two decades of research and engagement, probe facets and episodes of infant baptisms fortunes over twenty centuries. The story of paedo baptism is traced from its shadowy beginnings as a variant of faithbaptism, through inflated Reformation defenses as it monopolized baptismal thought and practice, to biblical and ecumenical reevaluations and hopeful contemporary rapprochements across divisive waters.

Contents:

""Series Preface""; ""Series Editors""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: The Strange History of Infant Baptism, Not Least in Scotland""; ""The Origins of Infant Baptism� Child Believers� Baptism?""; ""How Controversial Was the Development of Infant Baptism in the Early Church?""; ""The Apostolic Fathers and Infant Baptism: Any Advance on the Obscurity of the New Testament?""; ""The Meaning and Reference of �One Baptism for the Remission of Sins� in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed""

""At What Ages Were People Baptized in the Early Centuries?""""Augustine and the Transformation of Baptism""; ""Monnica�s Baptism, Augustine�s Deferred Baptism, and Patricius""; ""Donatist Theologoumena in Augustine? Baptism, Reviviscence of Sins, and Unworthy Ministers""; ""Infant Dedication in the Early Church""; ""The Baptism(s) of Julian the Apostate Revisited""; ""Out, In, Out: Jesus� Blessing of the Children and Infant Baptism""; ""Infant Baptism and the Christian Community in Bucer""

""George Cassander and the Appeal to the Fathers in Sixteenth-Century Debates about Infant Baptism""""1 Corinthians 7.14 in Fathers and Reformers""; ""The Donatists in the Sixteenth Century""; ""Development and Coherence in Calvin�s Institutes: The Case of Baptism (Institutes 4:15�4:16)""; ""Baptism at the Westminster Assembly""; ""The Baptismal Community""; ""One Baptism or Two? Reflections on the History of Christian Baptism1""; ""Scripture and Evangelical Diversity with Special Reference to the Baptismal Divide""; ""Baptism in Scotland""

""Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (the �Lima Report�): An Evangelical Assessment""""The Lima Report: Baptism and Eucharist Compared""; ""Habitats of Infant Baptism""; ""Children, Covenant and the Church""; ""Recovering Baptism for a New Age of Mission""; ""Christian Baptism: Where Do We Go From Here?""; ""Scripture Index""; ""Name Index""; ""Subject Index""

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 30, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78078-354-X