There is much debate about whether the “households” in the Book of Acts had children within them. Credobaptists are most insistence when whole households were baptized, children were not present to be baptized.
Here are some statements I have gather from the internet and CF concerning Credobaptists statements on household baptism:
Our methodology: Go to Bible Gateway and search for "household."
Paul’s statement here at least allows the possibility of children living within a household and at the same time shows the improbability children were absent from households.
Here are some statements I have gather from the internet and CF concerning Credobaptists statements on household baptism:
- Luke, in writing these narratives, does not have in view infant members of the families.
- Second, this argument rests on the premise that there were small children within the households. There is simply no evidence for such an assumption.
- Not unless it can be shown that there are no households without infants.
- “It is improbable that one can extract a theology of ‘household’ baptisms from a text like Acts 10, if by household one means including infants and very small children…it is an argument from silence, since infants and small children are not specifically mentioned…” (Ben Witherington The Acts of the Apostles, p. 155, n. 94).
- The argument from household baptism is not only an argument from silence, it is improbable, too, because chances are there wouldn’t have been infants and small children in those households.
- What are the chances the household baptisms mentioned in Acts included infants? Small.
Our methodology: Go to Bible Gateway and search for "household."
- I Tim 3:12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his CHILDREN (τέκνων) and his HOUSEHOLD (οἴκων) well.
- I Tim 3:4 [A shepard] must be one who manages his own HOUSEHOLD (οἴκου) well, keeping his CHILDREN (τέκνα) under control with all dignity.
Paul’s statement here at least allows the possibility of children living within a household and at the same time shows the improbability children were absent from households.
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