When your a infant , and Baptized , Is that a true Baptism?

Question

Don't you have to be adult age for the Baptism to be true?

Answer 1

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called."

Infant baptism is not a new thing. There are non-biblical documented sources starting in the second century telling of infant Baptism.

There are even several passages in the Bible where whole households were baptized. This would include everyone who lived there, men, women, children, and infants.

Acts 16:15, "After she and her household had been baptized"

Acts 16:33, "then he and all his family were baptized at once."

Acts 18:8, "came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized."

1 Corinthians 1:16, "I baptized the household of Stephanas"

St. Paul wrote that baptism has replaced circumcision (Col 2:11-12), and in Judaism circumcision was performed primarily on infants.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Infant baptism is not a recognized practice by God. All examples of baptism in the New Testament are adults.

Mark 16:15-16 says that a person must believe and be baptized. An infant does not have the capacity to believe.

Acts 2:38 says that a person must repent and be baptized. An infant does not have the capacity to repent. (Nor does an infant have sins to repent of.)

Cornelius may have had his "whole" household baptized, but that could just as easily mean that it was his whole baptize-able household (everyone of accountable age). Better: There's no reason to infer from this that there were ANY infants in the household; therefore this is not an example of infant baptism.

The Scriptures may not forbid infant baptism anywhere explicitly, but then that is not how we look for God's will in the Scriptures. We don't read what God tells us not to do and then freely do everything not mentioned. When God tells us what TO do, it rules everything else out. We have adult instruction in baptism; this means infant baptism is not possible.

Answer 3

Christian water baptism is an outward symbol that the one being baptized has made a complete, unreserved, and unconditional dedication through Jesus Christ to do the will of God. The Scriptures also refer to John’s baptism, baptism with holy spirit, and baptism with fire, among others.

Was infant baptism practiced by first-century Christians?

Not according to these scripturews: Matt. 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples . . . baptizing them.”

Acts 8:12: “When they believed Philip . . . they proceeded to be baptized, both men and women.”

However, later on, Origen (185-254 C.E.) wrote: “It is the custom of the church that baptism be administered even to infants.” (Selections From the Commentaries and Homilies of Origen, Madras, India; 1929, p. 211) The practice was confirmed by the Third Council of Carthage (253 C.E.).

Religious historian Augustus Neander wrote: “Faith and baptism were always connected with one another; and thus it is in the highest degree probable . . . that the practice of infant baptism was unknown at this period [in the first century]. . . . That it first became recognised as an apostolic tradition in the course of the third century, is evidence rather against than for the admission of its apostolic origin.”—History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles (New York, 1864), p. 162.

This mean, another man made custom. Not from God.

Answer 4

That depends on your religious faith and its definition/use of a baptism. In many Protestant religions, a baptism is used as a "washing away of sins" and is a ceremony in which the believer vows to reject Satan and therefore gain entrance into God's family and you can be baptized multiple times. In the Catholic Religion, the Baptism is used to "wash away" original sin and allows the child entrance in the Church's family. The believer will then continue on their religious studies and when they enter pre-teen or teen years can make their Confirmation which is when they make their vow to reject Satan. In Amish Culture, they believe that one cannot be baptized until they have reached an age of maturity at around 15 or so. The baptism here is a choice to enter the Amish church, and to vow to keep their teachings.

Answer 5

Little children need no baptism until the come to the years of accountability

Answer 6

Jesus founded only one church, the Catholic Church, and he gave it power and authority to make rules for the faithful.

The church has always baptized infants, as well as others of any age, from the earliest days.

Nowhere in scripture is infant baptism prohibited.

Baptism provides a number of truly indespensable benefits for people of all ages.

If your chosen faith tradition chooses to do otherwise, practice at your own peril.

Answer 7

In the Bible the only baptism that is taught is adult. You must be able to feel remorse for your sins, which means that you must know what a sin is in the first place. After remorse comes forsaking of sins, then baptism as an outward show that you except the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that you will emulate Him in your life.

Answer 8

In most of the churches that aren't pentacostal or fundamentalist based it sure is. It's the first introduction into the family of God, the next step is catechism/holy communion classes and then confirmation classes which takes place between 13 and 14 when the young teen is old enough to make the choice to reconfirm his committment to the faith.

Answer 9

It's called confirmation and it solidifies your belief in the faith.

Think of baptism as a temporary membership

Answer 10

ask your self this which might God prefer?. a million, a newborn Baptised in his call?. 2, a newborn neglected in religious boost and refused the dominion of God by way of fact the newborn is a newborn?. The Lord in no way became away the sons and daughters and Chastised the Apostles for doing so, and what did he say to those Apostles that became Away the youngsters? precisely what ALLECAT in simple terms stated, Jesus stated Matt 19:13 Then toddlers have been dropped at him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, yet Jesus stated, "permit the youngsters come to me, and don't avert them; for the dominion of heaven belongs to including those." there is your answer!.