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== Hippolytus A.D. 215 ==

== Hippolytus A.D. 215 ==

:“Baptize first the children, and if they can speak for themselves let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.” [http://www.stjohnsarlingtonva.org/Customer-Content/saintjohnsarlington/CMS/files/EFM/Apostolic_Tradition_by_Hippolytus.pdf ''The Apostolic Tradition'' chapter 21.4].

:“Baptize first the children, and if they can speak for themselves let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.” <ref name=links>See [https://www.catholic.com/tract/early-teachings-on-infant-baptism '''Early Teachings on Infant Baptism'''] ''and'' [https://www.churchfathers.org/infant-baptism '''Church Fathers - Infant Baptism'''] ''and'' [http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/catholictracts/tract52.html '''Infant Baptism'''].</ref> <br> —[http://www.stjohnsarlingtonva.org/Customer-Content/saintjohnsarlington/CMS/files/EFM/Apostolic_Tradition_by_Hippolytus.pdf ''The Apostolic Tradition'' chapter 21.4].

== Origen A.D. 248 ==

== Origen A.D. 248 ==

:“Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin.... In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous” <ref name=links>See [https://www.catholic.com/tract/early-teachings-on-infant-baptism '''Early Teachings on Infant Baptism'''] ''and'' [https://www.churchfathers.org/infant-baptism '''Church Fathers - Infant Baptism'''] ''and'' [http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/catholictracts/tract52.html '''Infant Baptism'''].</ref>—[http://www.wtl.us.edu.pl/ssht/38,S/SSHT_38,S(2005)58-69.pdf Sin in Origen's ''Homilies on Leviticus'' 7. Sin in Pre-existence] <ref>Jan Slomka, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Śląskie Studia Historyczno - Teologiczne 2005, t. 38 specjalny, s.</ref>.

:“Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin.... In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous” <ref name=links/>—[http://www.wtl.us.edu.pl/ssht/38,S/SSHT_38,S(2005)58-69.pdf Sin in Origen's ''Homilies on Leviticus'' 7. Sin in Pre-existence] <ref>Jan Slomka, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Śląskie Studia Historyczno - Teologiczne 2005, t. 38 specjalny, s.</ref>.

:“The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of the divine sacraments, knew there are in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit” —''Commentaries on Romans'' 5:9 <ref>online link not available.</ref><ref name=links/>

:“The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of the divine sacraments, knew there are in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit” —''Commentaries on Romans'' 5:9.<ref name=links/>

== Cyprian of Carthage A.D. 253 ==

== Cyprian of Carthage A.D. 253 ==