A thoughtful defense of infant baptism, tracing its roots through antiquity to answer modern objections.
This volume presents a historical argument for infant baptism as an ancient and universally practiced rite. It engages with church fathers and early Christian writers, weighing their testimony against later anti-pedobaptist claims. The author marshals textual evidence and chronological analysis to illuminate how infant baptism was understood and defended in early Christian communities.
Readers will follow careful, point‑by‑point reasoning about how traditions, councils, and key figures support the practice, while the text also contrasts this with unwritten traditions and other rites proposed by critics. The discussion centers on the authority of early witnesses and the place of infant baptism within the broader life of the church.
- Explains the historical dating and spread of infant baptism.
- Examines how early writers referenced and supported the practice.
- contrasts explicit and unwritten traditions within early Christianity.
- Considers how patristic authorities influence modern interpretations.
Ideal for readers of church history, biblical interpretation, and debates over baptismal practice.