Infant baptism in the first four centuries /

Jeremias, Joachim, 1900-1979

Infant baptism in the first four centuries / Joachim Jeremias ; translated by David Cairns. - Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock Pub., 2004. - 111 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Library of history and doctrine. .

Translation of Die Kindertaufe in den ersten vier Jahrhunderten.
Reprint. Originally published: London: SCM Press, 1960.

The baptism of children of parents joining the church in the earliest period --
The baptism of children born to Christian parents in the earliest period --
The development up to the end of the third century --
The crisis and how it was overcome.

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Infant baptism--History.
Infant baptism.

BV813 / .J47 2004