Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Matthew Barrett: Patristic Theologians Assumed Baptismal Regeneration

 


Lombard and both patristic and medieval theologians assume that the purpose of baptism was nothing less than the washing away of sin’s guilt. (Matthew Barrett, The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy Catholic, and Apostolic Church [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Academic, 2023], 106)