Catholicism is not Biblical. I celebrate having nothing to do with it!
Okay, so I have three verses but let me begin by saying that male babies under the Old Covenant were required to be circumcised to identify them as part of the community and the Bible teaches that Baptism is "Circumcision without hands."
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Colossians 2:11-12- “In [Jesus] also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith…”
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so, it actually makes perfect sense that babies would be required to receive this to identify them as part of the Church.....
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as for New Testament examples......1 Cor. 1:16- “And I [Paul] baptized also the household of Stephanas…”
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Acts 16:15- “And when she [Lydia] was baptized, and her household…”
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Acts 16:33- “And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.”
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Here we have people and their entire house holds being baptized. That would include men, women, children etc.
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So it is clear that Baptism is for children as well as adults.....crystal clear in fact
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Acts, 8:36-37 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ...
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