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- noun Plural form of
paedobaptist .
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Anti-paedobaptists contend for, that it cannot be proved there were infants in those families; for the inquiry is not so proper, whether there were infants in those families, as it is concluded truly and deservedly, -- if there were, they had all been to be baptized.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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So paedobaptists are people who accept both infant and believers 'baptism, it's just that if, given the choice, they default toward infant baptism.
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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So maybe this argument is a quid pro quo, showing that both sides are more alike than either would care to admit-paedobaptists do confirmation (which resembles believers 'baptism), and credobaptists do infant dedication (which resembles infant baptism).
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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Secondly, even paedobaptists believe in credobaptism.
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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Throughout church history, most people have been paedobaptists, so I (and others like me) hold a historically "unpopular" position, despite the prevalence of credobaptism in the United States.
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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However, to be fair, on the flip side, paedobaptists would argue that infant dedication is what credobaptists do to imitate the covenant community.
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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Also, why don't paedobaptists give their infant children the Lord's Supper?
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Administrator 2010
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Often credobaptists only allow for baptism by immersion, while paedobaptists allow for baptism by sprinkling, pouring and immersion, even for adults.
Times & Seasons, An Onymous Mormon Blog Bridget Jack Meyers 2009
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Baptists and paedobaptists read the entire history of redemption differently.
Heidelblog 2009
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Most of the communions involved actively in such work tend to be paedobaptists (baptize infants).
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