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Infant church-membership : or, The relation of baptized children to the church / by William A. Stearns.
- Title
- Infant church-membership : or, The relation of baptized children to the church / by William A. Stearns.
- Author
- Stearns, William A. (William Augustus), 1805-1876
- Publication
- Boston : Crocker and Brewster, 1844.
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- Description
- 165 p.; 20 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Proof of the doctrine of infant church-membership -- Abrahamic covenant -- Our Saviour's treatment of children in reference to his church and kingdom -- The great apostolic commission -- Infant church-membership recognised by the Apostle Paul and the Corinthians -- Additional considerations affecting the question -- Brief review of the constitution and general history of the church -- 2. Nature and degree of infant church-membership -- Peculiarity of the relation -- Children of the church subject to its supervision -- Other privileges of baptized children -- Restrictions upon privileges -- 3. Practical advantages of infant church-membership -- 4. General sentiment of New England Congregationalist and other Reformed churches on the subject -- 5. The doctrine applied in several addresses -- Addresses to pastors -- Addresses to churches -- Addresses to parents who are professors -- Addresses to the baptized -- Addresses to the unbaptized.
- OCLC
- 4429161
- SCSB-11944586
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library