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.
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!
oops! i guess you can tell I meant to leave this comment on your next entry. sorry!
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.