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Originally Posted by toddpedlar Quote:
Originally Posted by Benjamin Just a read through will show that it was the general belief amongst the Reformed that the Bible taught infant baptism, and not only adult baptism as the Anabaptists taught, a sect that was condemned as heretics by the Reformed people. | You should recognize, though, that the Anabaptists who were condemned as heretics must not be confused with later baptists who compiled the London Confessions. In many cases about the only thing they shared in common with the London baptists is their credobaptismal practice. In order to promote the doctrine of paedobaptism it is really quite bad form to call out credobaptists because of the heresies of the Anabaptists. This would be like saying that since Muslims are monotheists, and Muslims follow a false religion, that monotheism is false. | The heresy they share in common is the requirement for rebaptism of those not baptized by immersion or baptized as infants. | That is hardly heresy.
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