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Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 5

INTRODUCTION

This is the final post in a series of five post evaluating the statements on baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism (HC) and probing the logic and coherence of those statements and their scriptural support as cited in the HC reference notes. Some statements appear inconsistent with other statements in the HC, or they cite scriptures out of context, or they lack scriptural support, or they appear problematic on other grounds. These posts do not address paedobaptist vs credobaptist arguments, but look only at the internal consistency and coherence of the arguments made in the HC. Questions as to what a sacrament is or how it functions are not addressed. Continue reading “Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 5”

Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 2

INTRODUCTION

This is the second in a series of five post evaluating the statements on baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism (HC) and probing the logic and coherence of those statements and their scriptural support as cited in the HC reference notes. Some statements appear inconsistent with other statements in the HC, or they cite scriptures out of context, or they lack scriptural support, or they appear problematic on other grounds. These posts do not address paedobaptist vs credobaptist arguments, but look only at the internal consistency and coherence of the arguments made in the HC. Questions as to what a sacrament is or how it functions are not addressed. Continue reading “Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 2”

Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 1

INTRODUCTION

This is the first in a series of five post evaluating the statements on baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism (HC) and probing the logic and coherence of those statements and their scriptural support as cited in the HC reference notes. Some statements appear inconsistent with other statements in the HC, or they cite scriptures out of context, or they lack scriptural support, or they appear problematic on other grounds. These posts do not address paedobaptist vs credobaptist arguments, but look only at the internal consistency and coherence of the arguments made in the HC. Questions as to what a sacrament is or how it functions are not addressed. Continue reading “Questions About Baptism in the Heidelberg Catechism – Part 1”

Questions About Baptism in the Belgic Confession

INTRODUCTION

This post looks at the statements on baptism in the Belgic Confession (BC) and asks questions about the logic or coherence of statements that appear inconsistent with other statements in the BC, or which misapply or misunderstand the cited scriptures, or which lack scriptural support, or which appear problematic on other grounds. This post does not address paedobaptist vs credobaptist positions, but looks only at the internal consistency and coherence of the arguments made in the BC. The questions and issues discussed herein are NOT intended to undermine or attack Reformed views, but are rather intended to promote Biblically-based thinking about the basis for such views. Questions as to what a sacrament is or how it functions are not addressed in this post. Continue reading “Questions About Baptism in the Belgic Confession”