Concerning a woman with child, it is determined that she ought to be baptized whensoever she will; for in this the woman communicates nothing to the child, since the bringing forward to profession is evidently the individual [privilege] of every single person.
Judging from the language of the canon, there must have been a question concerning the need to baptize an infant after birth if the mother had been baptized while pregnant. With the prevalence of paedobaptism, this would have been an understandable concern. The conclusion to the matter was correct, as the individual is responsible for his own trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Judging from the language of the canon, there must have been a question concerning the need to baptize an infant after birth if the mother had been baptized while pregnant. With the prevalence of paedobaptism, this would have been an understandable concern. The conclusion to the matter was correct, as the individual is responsible for his own trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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