Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace
by Jewett, Paul K.Format: Textbook Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Author Biography
Paul King Jewett, Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, also serves as Dean of the Young Life Summer Institute of Theology.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 1 |
| Abstract of the Argument | p. 7 |
| A Consideration Of The Historical Question | |
| Infant Baptism And The Practice Of The Ancient Church | |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| Infant Baptism in the Western Church | |
| Augustine, A.D. 400 | p. 16 |
| Cyprian, A.D. 251-253 | p. 18 |
| Tertullian, A.D. 200-206 | p. 20 |
| Hippolytus, A.D. 215-217 | p. 22 |
| Irenaeus, A.D. 180 | p. 25 |
| Aristides, A.D. 117-138 | p. 27 |
| Infant Baptism in the Eastern Church | |
| Introduction | p. 29 |
| Origen, A.D. 233-244 | p. 30 |
| Clement, A.D. 195 | p. 32 |
| Children in the Ancient Church | p. 35 |
| Conclusion | |
| Introduction | p. 39 |
| Infant Communion | p. 41 |
| The Catechumenate and Sponsorship | p. 43 |
| Infant Baptism And The Practice Of The Apostles | |
| Household Baptisms | p. 47 |
| Children in the New Testament Church | p. 54 |
| Jesus Blesses Little Children | |
| Introduction | p. 55 |
| The Contemporary Discussion | p. 56 |
| Conclusion | p. 59 |
| The Baptism of Jewish Proselytes | p. 63 |
| Concluding Observations On The Historical Question | p. 69 |
| A Consideration Of The Theological Question | |
| Infant Baptism And The Covenant Of Grace | |
| Introduction | p. 75 |
| The Reformed Tradition | p. 77 |
| The Covenant Argument Elaborated | |
| Introduction | p. 82 |
| The Analogy of Baptism to Circumcision | p. 85 |
| A Critical Evaluation of the Argument from the Covenant | |
| Introduction | p. 89 |
| The Old Testament Read as though It Were the New | |
| Introduction | p. 93 |
| The Institution of Circumcision as a Covenant Sign | p. 98 |
| The Circumcision of Ishmael and the Sons of Keturah | p. 99 |
| The Circumcision of Israel as a Nation | p. 101 |
| The Old Testament Jewish Mission | p. 103 |
| The New Testament Read as though It Were the Old | |
| Introduction | p. 104 |
| The Old Testament Promise of a Land, the Theocratic Ideal of the Reformers, and Kierkegaard's "Christendom" | p. 105 |
| The Old Testament Promise of a Fleshly Seed and the Paedobaptist Concept of "Covenant Children" | p. 113 |
| I Corinthians 7:14: "Holy" Children | p. 122 |
| Infant Baptism And The Definition Of Baptism | |
| Introduction | p. 139 |
| Lutheranism and the Pietists; Anglicanism and the Wesleyans | p. 143 |
| The Reformed Tradition | |
| Introduction | p. 144 |
| The Position of Calvin | p. 145 |
| Covenant Children Presumed Regenerate | p. 147 |
| Covenant Children Given a Conditional Promise | p. 150 |
| Covenant Children and Parental Faithfulness | p. 152 |
| Covenant Children Presumed Elect | p. 155 |
| Conclusion | p. 158 |
| The Relation of Faith to Baptism and the Practice of Infant Baptism | |
| Introduction | p. 160 |
| The Paedobaptist View of Infant Faith (fides infantilis) | p. 165 |
| Infants Made an Exception to the New Testament "Faith-Baptism" Sequence | p. 172 |
| The Paedobaptist View of Vicarious Faith (fides vicaria) | |
| Introduction | p. 176 |
| The Lutheran and Anglican Churches | p. 179 |
| The Presbyterian and Reformed Churches | p. 181 |
| Confirmation: The Completion of Infant Baptism | |
| The Lutheran and Anglican Traditions | p. 185 |
| The Reformed Tradition | p. 189 |
| Infant Baptism And Believer Communion | |
| Introduction | p. 193 |
| Paedobaptists Contrast the Sacraments | p. 194 |
| The Basic Similarity between Passover and Eucharist | p. 201 |
| Addendum: Strictures Upon Certain Aspects Of The Paedobaptist Argument | p. 209 |
| Believer Baptism Defended And Expounded In Terms Of Covenant Theology | |
| Objections To Believer Baptism Considered | |
| Biblical and Unbiblical Individualism | p. 219 |
| Biblical and Unbiblical Subjectivism | p. 226 |
| On the Restricting of Covenant Privilege | p. 228 |
| Covenant Theology Implies Believer Baptism | |
| Introduction | p. 233 |
| Theological Statement of the Position | p. 235 |
| Considerations Commending the Position | p. 238 |
| Bibliography | p. 245 |
| Index | p. 251 |
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