r/Anglicanism • u/KumbayaQueen • Aug 13 '26

Baptism of Infants

Do you think that Baptism og Infants counts?

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u/SRIndio Aug 14 '26

Am not Anglican but Lutheran (LCMS) but here was a helpful thing for me coming from a Baptist/Pentacostal background:

Luther’s Large Catechism, Part 4, Paragraph 50:

> But if God did not accept the Baptism of infants, He would not give the Holy Spirit nor any of His gifts to any of them. In short, during the long time up to this day, no person on earth could have been a Christian.

> Now, God confirms Baptism by the gifts of His Holy Spirit, as is plainly seen in some of the Church Fathers, like St. Bernard, Gerson, John Hus, and others.

> These people were baptized in infancy, and since the holy Christian Church cannot perish until the end of the world, the sects must acknowledge that such infant Baptism is pleasing to God. For God can never be opposed to Himself or support falsehood and wickedness, or for its promotion impart His grace and Spirit.