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August 9, 2019 By Fr. John A. Peck

Augustine: Infant Baptism Is The Apostolic And Universal Practice Of The Church

by St. Augustine of Hippo What the universal Church holds, not as instituted by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down by apostolic authority. Since others respond for children, so that the celebration of the sacrament may be complete for them, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Sermon Resources, Theology

August 9, 2019 By Fr. John A. Peck

Calvin Knew Infant Baptism Was Apostolic in Origin

The Orthodox knew it first, but that's beside the point. It's an Apostolic practice. Only the most historically naive or uninformed would doubt it. …But I reply, first of all, that infant baptism is not a recent introduction, nor are its origins traceable to the papal church. For I say that it has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Sermon Resources Tagged With: infant baptism, john calvin

August 1, 2019 By Fr. John A. Peck

Did the Ante-Nicene Church Baptize Children? Infants?

The question has been answered many times, but none so definitively as with Hippolytus. At the hour in which the cock crows, they shall first pray over the water. When they come to the water, the water shall be pure and flowing, that is, the water of a spring or a flowing body of water. Then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Peck, John A. Fr., Sermon Resources

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