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Originally Posted by Galatians220 ...A very learned minister, one whom I deeply respect, recently told me that my "covenant line" came from my great-grandfather, a ruling elder of a Presbyterian church and apparently, from what I know of him, a 5-point Calvinist... | A bit off topic, but that starts to sound awfully like, "we're of our father Abraham" to me. Although ministers making statements like that may be well-meaning, and although the statements may be intended in some way other than the impression they give, they still make me cringe every time I hear them. It's almost enough to make me go credo.  |
It certainly confirms me in my credo views. The old line about God having no grandchildren popped into my head immediately.
In light of the fact that apparently Southern Presbyterians and those influenced by their thought (e.g. the 1845 Old School G.A.) are the only major Reformed or Presbyterian group to reject Roman Catholic baptism, I wonder what this minister would say in a case where all of the person's known ancestors were Roman Catholics and there is no "covenant line" to point to? Typically the argument that one hears is that such baptisms are "irregular but not invalid," with the fact that circumcision was obviously unrepeatable given as justification for baptism being unrepeatable.
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virtue, and greatly needed in these frivolous times. I have been inclined lately to start a new denomination, and call it "the Church of the Bigoted." Spurgeon