Infant-Baptism Historically Considered [1916]

An historical tracing of the origin, propagation of & reasons for the wide acceptation of paedobaptism (infant baptism) from the late 2nd century A.D. in opposition to Faith-Baptism as the proper New Testament baptism. Thirty-five percent of the book provides a vigorous historical presentation of how Reformed theologians developed the covenant view of baptism as being the New Testament counterpart of circumcision in the Old Testament so as to retain infant baptism in order to avoid the doct...