paedobaptist
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- noun
- /ˌpiːdəʊˈbæptɪst/
- UK
- In our discussion about beliefs, Sarah revealed that she identifies as a paedobaptist who supports the baptism of infants.
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In fact, one of our elders is a paedobaptist.
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You do raise a really interesting point with respect to baptism, that it's easier for Baptists to fit into a paedobaptist church rather than vice versa.
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Being a Baptist in a paedobaptist church is generally not as complicated as when it occurs the other way around.
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Interesting that you all seem to be credobaptists in paedobaptist churches.
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When in a Baptist context, I have kept my paedobaptist convictions to myself within the church.
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My experience is that of a fairly liturgically oriented high church Reformed Christian who is a strong paedobaptist.
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The Reformed Baptist church my father pastors is far more accommodating to paedobaptists than most.
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Previously, I rejected the paedobaptist slogan that exclaimed, "Just as Abraham gave his children the sign and seal of righteousness that he had by faith, so, too, Christians today."
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No study on the Reformed paedobaptist position on baptism is complete without looking into Romans 4:11–12 and Colossians 2:11–12.
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Paedobaptists will recognize a Baptist's baptism as valid; most Baptist churches recognize infant baptisms as neither licit nor valid.
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Etymology
Paedobaptist combines paedo- 'child' and bapt- 'to dip' or 'to wash', so it names a person who supports or practises the baptism of infants. In other words, a paedobaptist is someone who believes children should be baptized early in life.