Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Baptism (Historical and Theological Considerations)


Historical.



Joachim Jeremias, Infant Baptism in the First Four Centuries, trans. David Cairns, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1962].


Kurt Aland, Did the Early Church Baptize Infants? trans. G. R. Beasley-Murray, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1963].


Joachim Jeremias, The Origins of Infant Baptism: A Further Study in Reply To Kurt Aland, trans. Dorothea M. Barton, [Naperville: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., 1963].


Everett Ferguson, Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2009].


William Wall, The History of Infant-Baptism: Together with Mr. Gale’s Reflections, and Dr. Wall’s Defence: In Two Volumes: Vol. I, [Oxford: At the University Press, 1862]. See also: archive.org.


Peter John Cramer, Baptism and Change in the Early Middle Ages, c. 200 — c. 1150, [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993].


John W. Riggs, Baptism in the Reformed Tradition: A Historical and Practical Theology, [Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002].



Theological (Multiple Perspectives).


 

David F. Wright, ed., Baptism: Three Views, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2009].


Gregory A. Boyd, Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology: Second Edition, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009], Chapter 12: The Baptism Debate, pp. 214-225.


Donald Bridge, David Phypers, The Water that Divides: The Baptism Debate, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1979].


Baptism, Eucharist & Ministry: Faith and Order Paper No. 111: World Council of Churches, [Geneva: WCC, 1982].



Theological (Credobaptist).



Paul K. Jewett, Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1980]


Thomas R. Schreiner, Shawn D. Wright, eds., Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ, [Nashville: B&H Academic, 2006]. Preview.


Karl Barth, The Teaching of the Church Regarding Baptism, trans. Ernest A. Payne, [London: SCM Press, 1959].


G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament, [London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1962]. See also: 1997 edition.


T. E. Watson, Should Infants be Baptized? [Grand Rapids: Guardian Press, 1976].



Theological (Paedobaptist).



Michael Green, Baptism: Its Purpose, Practice, & Power, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1987].


Scot McKnight, It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism, [Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2018]. Preview.


John Stott, J. A. Motyer, The Anglican Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism, [London: Latimer Trust, 2008].


Samuel Miller, Infant Baptism: Scriptural and Reasonable, [Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1834]. See also: archive.org and apuritansmind.com - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.


Daniel R. Hyde, Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Children, [Reformed Fellowship, Inc., 2006]. 


J. V. Fesko, Word, Water, and Spirit : A Reformed Perspective on Baptism, [Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2013].


Oscar Cullmann, Baptism in the New Testament, trans. J. K. S. Reid, [Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1950].


John Murray, Christian Baptism, [Nutley: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co].

Cf. John Murray, “Christian Baptism;” In: The Westminster Theological Journal: Volume XIII, May 1951, Number 2, [Philadelphia: Westminster Theological Seminary, 1951], pp. 105-150.


Robert R. Booth, Children of the Promise: The Biblical Case for Infant Baptism, [Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 1995].



καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν ~ Soli Deo Gloria


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