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One of the earliest of the Church Fathers to enunciate clearly and unambiguously the doctrine of baptismal regeneration ("the idea that salvation happens at and by water baptism duly administered") was Cyprian (c. 200 – 258): "While he attributed all the saving energy to the grace of God, he considered the 'laver of saving water' the instrument of God that makes a person 'born again ...
Baptism is held by almost the entire Reformed tradition to effect regeneration, even in infants who are incapable of faith, by effecting faith which would come to fruition later. [50] However, Reformed theologians do not teach that baptism is necessarily bound to the forgiveness of sins, as opposed to the ex opere operato doctrine of baptismal ...
Reformed theology characteristically views baptism as an outward sign of God's internal work, as John Calvin stated: “all who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ are at the same time regenerated by the Spirit, and that we have an earnest of this regeneration in baptism.” [21] Regeneration is further described as the "secret ...
Evangelical insistence on the necessity of conversion provoked controversy within the Church of England over the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. Evangelicals rejected this doctrine, a position summarized by the Bishop of Winchester, who wrote, "I must look, notwithstanding his baptism, for the Scriptural evidence of his being a child of God."
An Essential Guide to Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Foundations on the Holy Spirit Book 1. Charisma House, June 7, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61638-239-1. Written by a charismatic Southern Baptist pastor. Torrey, R.A. The Baptism With The Holy Spirit. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, September 10, 2010 (originally published in 1895). ISBN 978-1-168-92945-7.
In keeping with Wesleyan-Arminian covenant theology, the Articles of Religion, in Article XVII – Of Baptism, state that baptism is a "sign of regeneration or the new birth." [ 63 ] The Methodist Visitor in describing this doctrine, admonishes individuals: "'Ye must be born again.'
One of many baptismal vows, it is now archived in the Vatican Codex pal. 577. [ 1 ] Not withstanding the conventional name of the text, there is a dispute as to how the language of the text should be categorised, as it shows features of Old English , Old Low Franconian (Old Dutch) and Old Saxon (Old Low German).
Montanism is the first and earliest group included in Baptist successionism. [15] Montanism has been generally associated as being a charismatic group that emphasized personal revelation, which also sought to establish a more conservative personal ethic.