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→Controversy based on interpretations of Scripture: infant baptism neither explicitly commanded nor explicitly forbidden by the Bible, but included in Apostolic Tradition - Bible refs re necessity of baptism - began ref note to Apostolic Tradition
==Controversy based on interpretations of Scripture==
==Controversy based on interpretations of Scripture==
The [[Bible]] does not explicitly command the practice of infant baptism, nor does the Bible explicitly forbid infant baptism. The necessity of [[baptism]] is seen by the majority of Christians in the following Bible texts:
The [[Bible]] does not explicitly command the practice of infant baptism. The Bible does not explicitly forbid the practice of infant baptism. Infant baptism is an explicit part of [[Apostolic Tradition]].<ref>Infant baptism in apostolic tradition:
* </ref> The necessity of [[baptism]] in [[salvation]] is seen by the majority of Christians as divinely revealed by God in the following Bible texts:
[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A3-5&version=NRSVCE John 3:3-5]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A18-19&version=NRSVCE Matthew 28:18-19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A15&version=NRSVCE Mark 16:15]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A38-39&version=NRSVCE Acts 2:38-39]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+5%3A25-27&version=NRSVCE Ephesians 5:25-27]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+3%3A21&version=NRSVCE 1 Peter 3:21].
===Luke 18:15-16===
===Luke 18:15-16===