Rubsky Vyacheslav, priest. - Orthodoxy - Protestantism. Touches of Polemics - Baptism of Children

The unanimous assertion of all Protestant denominations that the original practice of the Christian Church consisted in the baptism of adults only does not find a single weighty confirmation.

If infant baptism were a new thing, it could be established only after great disputes, as a result of struggles, and perhaps even divisions. However, history does not tell us anything about the disputes of Christians around the baptism of infants. Consequently, there is no novelty in the practice of infant baptism.

Much more can be written about the incorrectness of the Protestant view of infant baptism, but it never gets to the root. And it is again in soteriology, jurisprudence (which distorted soteriology). Obviously, it is necessary to change the very principle of theology, its direction. And then in the Body of Christ there will be a place for children, and at the Chalice they will not be superfluous, and the Bible will find the necessary quotes. Otherwise, the children of Protestants will remain in the "Kingdom of Heaven", despite the fact that they are not even allowed into the Church.

[1] Protopresbyter Nikolai Afanasiev. Entry into the Church. Ed. "Pilgrim". Moscow, 1993, p. 101.

[2] "Basic Principles of Faith of Evangelical Christians-Baptists". Odessa. Ed. "Chernomorye", 1992, pp. 8-9.

[3] Alistair McGrath. Introduction to Christian Theology. Ed. Odessa: OBS ECB "Bogomysliye", 1998, p. 449.

[4] P.I. Rogozin. Cit. Ed. p. 42.

[5] The Watchtower, New York, November 1, 1992, p. 23.

[6] "Basic Principles of Faith of Evangelical Christians-Baptists". Odessa. Ed. "Chernomorye", 1992, p. 105.

[7] Henry Clarence Thyssen. Lectures on Systematic Theology. Ed. "Logos". St. Petersburg. 1994. p. 354.

[8] P.I. Rogozin. Cit. Ed. p. 42.

[9] Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, bk. V, ch. 6.