The Narrow Path Ministries

Paidion, The allusion to infant baptism in The Martyrdom of Polycarp is " Polycarp said, "Eighty-six years have I been His servant, and He has done me no wrong." Nowhere in ancient Christianity was this idea that our life as a Christian started somewhere with an 'age of accountability' as is the pop...

Infant baptism can easily be associated with the first century of Christianity. It is alluded to in several places like the martyrdom of Polycarp. Additionaly the fact that it was undisputed and the mainstream practice of second century Christianity implies that debate was significantly prior to then.

It is equally invalid to argue that a practice is indeed apostolic by appeal to what Christians have done for however many centuries (from the second century til the sixteenth century, all Christians practiced infant baptism, though it is impossible to demonstrate that this was an apostolic practic...

Very nice summary Steve, a couple of things that i would suggest that differ are: Historically the most common reason for Christians gathering is to ascend to the heavenlies and worship God, fellowshipping with one another was perhaps the greatest additional benefit of that. While there is no comman...