Covenant Theology
Baptism
By Dr. Ulrich Zwingli
On the 6th of November in the preceding year [1525], a public discussion on the subject of infant baptism had been held in the council hall, when Zwingli and his friends proposed the following theses:
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“Children born of believing parents are children of God, like those
who were born under the Old Testament, and consequently may
receive baptism.
“Baptism under the New Testament is what circumcision was
under the Old; consequently, baptism ought now to be
administered to children, as circumcision was formerly.
“We cannot prove the custom of re-baptizing either by examples,
texts, or arguments drawn from Scripture; and those who are re-baptized crucify Jesus Christ afresh.”
