| | This practice of infant baptism together with all elements of [[apostolic tradition]] not found explicitly taught by the Bible alone according to the Reformation principle of ''[[sola scriptura]]'' is unequivocably condemned as a Catholic doctrine, and therefore as being manifestly a [[satan]]ic lie promulgated and promoted by the [[Antichrist]], most evidently evil and obviously destructive to anyone with eyes to see, a deceptive doctrine of devils straight out of the pits of hell.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+4%3A1&version=NRSVCE 1 Timothy 4:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+1%3A6-9&version=NRSVCE Galatians 1:6-9]. See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A17-19&version=NRSVCE Jude 17-19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+2%3A9-11&version=NRSVCE 2 Peter 2:9-11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A15-18&version=NRSVCE 3:15-18]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+2%3A18-19&version=NRSVCE 1 John 2:18-19].</ref> This warning clearly condemns to hell all who accept infant baptism as necessary: all of mainstream Christianity, Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and among Protestants, several denominations: Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and other Reformed denominations, Presbyterians, Methodists, some Nazarenes, and the Moravian Church. | | This practice of infant baptism together with all elements of [[apostolic tradition]] not found explicitly taught by the Bible alone according to the Reformation principle of ''[[sola scriptura]]'' is unequivocably condemned as a Catholic doctrine, and therefore as being manifestly a [[satan]]ic lie promulgated and promoted by the [[Antichrist]], most evidently evil and obviously destructive to anyone with eyes to see, a deceptive doctrine of devils straight out of the pits of hell.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+4%3A1&version=NRSVCE 1 Timothy 4:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+1%3A6-9&version=NRSVCE Galatians 1:6-9]. See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A17-19&version=NRSVCE Jude 17-19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+2%3A9-11&version=NRSVCE 2 Peter 2:9-11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A15-18&version=NRSVCE 3:15-18]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+2%3A18-19&version=NRSVCE 1 John 2:18-19].</ref> This warning clearly condemns to hell all who accept infant baptism as necessary: all of mainstream Christianity, Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and among Protestants, several denominations: Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and other Reformed denominations, Presbyterians, Methodists, some Nazarenes, and the Moravian Church. |
| | + | Foremost with their strong objection to infant baptism were the [[Anabaptists]], who were persecuted and condemned as [[Heresy|heretics]] by the majority of Christian believers, Catholic and Protestant.<ref>[https://thoughtsofalivingchristian.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/the-persecution-of-anabaptism-16th-century-catholic-lutheran-and-calvinist-perspectives-2/ The Persecution of Anabaptism: 16th Century Catholic, Lutheran and Calvinist Perspectives (thoughtsofalivingchristian.wordpress.com)] <br> [https://themennonite.org/feature/the-birth-of-anabaptism The Birth of Anabaptism, Valerie G. Remple (themennonite.org)].</ref> |
| | In 1852, Robert Boyt C. Howell wrote a paper he delivered to the Southern Baptist Publication Society "The Evils of Infant Baptism" in which he set forth in nineteen chapters the following arguments against infant baptism: <ref>[http://www.reformedreader.org/history/howell/evilsofinfantbaptismtoc.htm The Evils of Infant Baptism, By Robert Boyt C. Howell, Charleston, SC: Southern Baptist Publication Society 1852.] </ref> | | In 1852, Robert Boyt C. Howell wrote a paper he delivered to the Southern Baptist Publication Society "The Evils of Infant Baptism" in which he set forth in nineteen chapters the following arguments against infant baptism: <ref>[http://www.reformedreader.org/history/howell/evilsofinfantbaptismtoc.htm The Evils of Infant Baptism, By Robert Boyt C. Howell, Charleston, SC: Southern Baptist Publication Society 1852.] </ref> |