truefiction1 said: ↑
The lives of the saints who were baptized as infants and died in Christ, powerfully promotes what the Orthodox Church has always practiced, from the beginning through now: The Holy Spirit Himself bearing witness to the Faith of Christ's holy martyrs.
And repentant faith is a condition for baptism in Scripture. "Repent and be baptized." (Acts 2:38)
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 is the Son of God. (Acts 8:36-37)
Moreover, consider the logic. Since men from Hitler to Ted Kennedy to the liberals who make up the near majority of the RCC in the West were baptized as an infants, then using the same logic we could say this bears witness to paedobaptism not being linked to holiness. Which i am sure would be in overall contrast to those who were baptized as coverts.
But when you have EO mysticism, "Knowing God occurs when we become, by grace, what God is by nature," followed by logic that concludes, "God is humble. The Child is humble. The child [by having Divine nature] knows God in the child's very own being, and the child believes, without question."
Yes, we must be humble, without pretense as little children, and as trusting as they are, but no matter how disposed, faith come by hearing, and thus comprehending revelation, which little children (such as could recognize and walk to Christ) can be capable of to a salvific degree, but not infants, which paedobaptists treat as one class.