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Apr 19, 2007 · The common doctrine was summarized by Hugh of St. Victor: infants who die unbaptised cannot be saved because (1) they have not received the sacrament, and (2) they cannot make a personal act of faith that would supply for the sacrament.
The Bible, while not offering any explicit answers on the topic, clearly outlines two things. The first is that God wills for all of his children to be saved. Second is that, because of original sin and general human sinfulness, baptism is required to receive salvation. “The latter seems to limit the extension of God’s universal salvific ...
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Several Christian denominations do not baptize until a person reaches the age of accountability, basically when they are able to distinguish between right and wrong. Baptism takes place only when the child can understand the gospeland accept Jesus Christ as Savior. Other denominations baptize babies based on the belief that baptism is a sacrament a...
Two prominent Bible teachers say parents can rest assured their baby is in heaven because the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross provides for their salvation. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said, "We believe that our Lord graciously and freely received all those who die in infancy--not on the basis of the...
The key to knowing how God will treat babies lies in his unchanging character. The Bible is filled with verses attesting to God's goodness: 1. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. (Psalm 111:7, NIV) 2. The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. (Psalm 145:9, NIV) 3. The LORD is good, a ...
Dec 15, 2004 · Father Gumpel: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992, dedicates No. 1261 to children who die without Baptism, and one reads that one can hope that they will attain the beatific vision. It is an element of the greatest importance, which opens the way to a broader point of view, and it is a pronouncement of the ordinary ...
Salvation of infants. Peter Paul Rubens, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents, 1616. In Christian theology, the salvation of infants has been a matter of speculation and diverse opinions. While some believe that all those who die in infancy are saved, others believe that people only have certainty regarding some of these infants.
The Ecumenical Council of Florence (1431-1449) declared that all who die in original sin end up in hell but not in equal punishment with those who died in mortal sin. This would seem to logically include infants who die before baptism. However, we do know that the Church has always accepted that the righteous before Christ (who died in original ...
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Dec 31, 2007 · 15. The fate of unbaptized infants first became the subject of sustained theological reflection in the West during the anti-Pelagian controversies of the early fifth century. St. Augustine addressed the question because Pelagius was teaching that infants could be saved without baptism.
