Did the Early Church Baptize Infants?: (The Library of History and Doctrine)

Though Joachim Jeremias' 'Infant Baptism in the First Four Centuries' was originally published in 1938, an English translation did not appear until 1960 (based on the revised German edition of 1958). In 1961, Kurt Aland published his response to Jeremias' assertions. This English translation of 'Die Sauglingstaufe im Neuen Testament und in der alten Kirche' originally appeared in 1963. In this point by point refutation of Jeremias' main contentions, Aland insists that there is no direct evidence of infant baptism prior to the third century.

Kurt Aland (1915-1994) escaped from the German Democratic Republic in 1958. The following year he became Professor of Church History and New Testament Textual Criticism at Muenster, where he founded the Institute for New Testament Textual Research. World-renowned for his work in textual criticism, Aland also served as co-editor of Eberhard and Erwin Nestle's 'Novum Testamentum graece' and was a member of the editorial committee of the 'Greek New Testament'.