| Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective: Collected Studies Contributor(s): Wright, David F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842274643 ISBN-13: 9781842274644 Publisher: Authentic OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 Annotation: These important and incisive essays spanning more than two decades of research and engagement probe facets and episodes of infant baptismsrsquo; 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Sacraments - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Dewey: 265 |
| Series: Studies in Christian History and Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.99" W x 9.09" (1.50 lbs) 456 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 faith-baptism, through inflated Reformation defenses as it monopolized baptismal thought and practice, to biblical and ecumenical reevaluations and hopeful contemporary rapprochements across divisive waters. |