Monday, June 28, 2021

Mark E. Petersen Addressing "Household Baptisms"

  

Others refer to the baptism of the jailer, “he and all his” as spoken of in Acts 16:33, and assume that “all his” implies there must have been infants in the group. But this is merely an assumption, and others might assume that there were no infants. Since the scripture is not conclusive in either direction, it is of no value in trying to prove any point regarding baptism of infants, either for or against. Therefore, it cannot be used as proof either way. (Mark E. Petersen, One Lord, One Faith! [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1962], 119)