Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective

Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9781556353369
ISBN-13 : 1556353367
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Book Synopsis Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective by : David F. Wright

Download or read book Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective written by David F. Wright and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These important and incisive essays, spanning more than two decades of research and engagement, probe facets and episodes of infant baptism's fortunes over twenty centuries. The story of pedobaptism is traced from its shadowy beginnings as a variant of faith-baptism, through inflated Reformation defenses as infant-baptism monopolized baptismal thought and practice, to biblical and ecumenical reevaluations and hopeful contemporary rapprochements across divisive waters.


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