While circumcision was instituted as a physical sign of the Old Covenant made with Abraham’s descendants, baptism emerges in the New Testament as a public, outward sign of faith for …

Feb 17, 2007 · Chapter 7 of my book, Jesus Loves the Little Children chronicles the ancient church fathers' teaching on circumcision, baptism, and infant baptism (e.g., Irenaeus, …

Jan 11, 2017 · “And when we come to refute them [the gnostic], we shall show in its fitting- place, that this class of men have been instigated by Satan to a denial of that baptism which is …

Aug 9, 2024 · I document the views of 22 Church fathers on baptism and baptismal regeneration in the first 400 years of the Church: all of which are perfectly consistent with Catholic theology.

Jan 9, 2024 · The Holy Fathers of the Church, interpreting the passages of Holy Scripture about the real and spiritual circumcision, which is Christian Baptism, present wonderful theological …

Aug 29, 1999 · It assumes that the way God gathered his covenant people, Israel, in the Old Testament and the way he is gathering his covenant people, the Church, today is so similar …

Jan 13, 2025 · “In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in …

Feb 17, 2025 · Circumcision was a key sign of the Abrahamic Covenant, while baptism is a central ordinance in the New Testament. Some argue that baptism has replaced circumcision …

Jan 4, 2022 · The argument goes like this: since infants born into the Old Testament Jewish community were circumcised, infants born into the New Testament church community should …

Feb 15, 2025 · By comparing baptism and circumcision, we have shown significant problems with the idea that baptism has replaced circumcision. The proposal that baptism has replaced …