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Originally Posted by Pilgrim More specifically, it is argued that in the Old Covenant economy, every man under the authority of the head of household was circumcised, including extended family members, servants, etc. However this is not the case in Reformed paedobaptist churches, where only infants and small children of believers are baptized apart from a credible profession of faith. | One thought that I have long held is that only males were circumcised under the Old Covenant to my knowledge, whereas baptism today is administered by paedobaptists to both males and females under the New. Assuming there is a theological connection between circumcision and paedobaptism, I am forced to wonder, Why the inconsistency of application? | How about Gal 3:28?
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