The door to the church is not natural descent or childbirth
John Calvin said that, of infants as well as adult converts, that it was “baptism, by which the door of the Church is thrown open to them.” The Westminster Confession and Catechisms all state that baptism is one’s “solemn admission” into the institutional Church.
Which is to say, that the Reformed teaching is Biblical on this point.
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October 18th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Since I am only in Book 4, I respected the spoiler alert and didn’t read past the second paragraph, but I will enjoy looking at this when I’ve finished the series. Thanks for the link!
October 18th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
oops! i guess you can tell I meant to leave this comment on your next entry. sorry!
October 19th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Yeah, I didn’t notice the post identity when I got th email, or I would have let you know. I didn’t realize the problem until yesterday. Readers of individual posts need to go here to get the context.