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Well, as long as the individual doesn't refuse to be baptized I don't see why other members of households aren't baptized these days. When I was studying the baptism issue I found it helpful that Bill Shishko used the term "oikobaptism" (household baptism) instead of "paedobaptism." It may be one way to keep the Baptist from chanting the "There is no mention of baptizing infants in the New Testament." Well, okay, there aren't, but there is mention of "households" and "families" being baptized. And this is the language of the rite of circumcision in the OT; it included infants.
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DAVIDIVS DOCTVS VTRIVSQVE LINGVAE
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics
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