Baptism: The Design, Mode And Subjects - Softcover

Nathan Lewis Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461656655 ISBN 13: 9780461656657

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Baptism: The Design, Mode And Subjects by Nathan Lewis Rice is a 19th-century theological treatise that argues for baptism by pouring or sprinkling as valid and scriptural, opposing the exclusive immersion view. The work opens with a Preface and a thorough design of baptism, detailing its aims: it is not a regenerating or saving mechanism, but a covenantal sign, a symbolic washing, and a seal of grace that points to the Holy Spirit’s work in renewal. Rice then presents a series of letters to Alexander Campbell on the mode of baptism, challenging the claim that immersion is the only legitimate mode and supplying biblical, linguistic, and patristic evidence to support other practices. The volume also confronts Infant Baptism, arguing that the Abrahamic covenant included the children of believers and that baptism has taken the place of circumcision as the initiatory rite into the church. The final sections reflect on practical implications for church membership, family religion, and pastoral responsibility, urging faithful covenantal training for children within a baptized community.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461656655
• ISBN 13: 9780461656657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326