Einwechter holds a very different view than most baptists including Reformed Baptists.
In the series in question he affirms the doctrine of sacramental union and the special covenant membership of children within the covenant of the Christian family. The former is a historically Reformed (not baptistic) view while the later is just weird. I found his argument for the inclusion of the children in a 'family covenant' utterly unconvincing. I don't recall he even made much of an argument for it, but rather just stated it as a statement of fact.
I too saw his view as an attempted amalgam of baptistic and Reformed views. My take is that that it doesn't work out logically. In time those holding to his position will either go Presbyterian or backup to a more traditional Baptist understanding.
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Originally Posted by SemperFideles  Ken,
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't Einwechter have some sort of strange almagem of paedo- and credo- views?
I think he maintains that children are, in a sense, in the Covenant by virtue of their familial affiliation but yet Baptism should only be administered after they profess. Is that a basic summary? |