Monday, October 01, 2007

Augustine and Child Communion

Off the top of me ‘ed, I don’t know what Augustine’s position on child communion was or would have been, but it is interesting to note that according to Confessions 4:4, his infidel friend was converted through being baptized while unconscious. Clearly “conscious” faith is not always essentially necessary to baptism on Augustine’s view.

(cited in Lane, Calvin: Student, p53)

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