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B a p t i s m t h r e e V i e w s david F. wright edited B y sinclair B. Ferguson, contriButions By anthony n. s. Lane and Bruce a. ware Baptism 3 Views.indb 3 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM InterVarsity Press P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426 World Wide Web: www.ivpress.com E-mail: [email protected] ©2009 by Anne-Marie Wright All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from InterVarsity Press. InterVarsity Press® is the book-publishing division of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA®, a movement of students and faculty active on campus at hundreds of universities, colleges and schools of nursing in the United States of America, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. For information about local and regional activities, write Public Relations Dept., InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, 6400 Schroeder Rd., P.O. Box 7895, Madison, WI 53707-7895, or visit the IVCF website at <www.intervarsity.org>. Design: Cindy Kiple Images: © Eric Simard/iStockphoto ISBN 978-0-8308-7819-2 (digital) ISBN 978-0-8308-3856-1 (print) Front.indd 4 5/11/15 1:36 PM In Memoriam David F. Wright (1937-2008) Baptism 3 Views.indb 5 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM Baptism 3 Views.indb 6 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM C ontents Abbreviations 9 Introduction Daniel G. Reid 11 1 Believers’ Baptism View Bruce A. Ware 19 Infant Baptism Response 51 Dual-Practice Baptism Response 61 Believers’ Baptism Concluding Response 70 2 Infant Baptism View Sinclair B. Ferguson 77 Believers’ Baptism Response 113 Dual-Practice Baptism Response 121 Infant Baptism Concluding Response 130 3 Dual-Practice Baptism View Anthony N. S. Lane 139 Believers’ Baptism Response 172 Infant Baptism Response 177 Dual-Practice Baptism Concluding Response 187 Contributors 193 A Bibliography of David F. Wright’s Publications on Baptism 194 Scripture Index 197 Baptism 3 Views.indb 7 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM Baptism 3 Views.indb 8 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM A bbreviAtions ACW Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation Mahwah, N J : Paulist Press, 1946- AF J B Lightfoot and J R Harmer, trans The Apostolic Fathers Edited by M W Holmes 2nd ed Grand Rap- ids: Baker, 1989 ANF A Roberts and J Donaldson, eds Ante-Nicene Fathers 10 vols Buffalo, N Y : Christian Literature, 1885-1896 Reprint, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1951-1956; Reprint, Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson, 1994 CCL Corpus Christianorum Series Latina Turnhout, Bel- gium: Brepols, 1953- FC Fathers of the Church: A New Translation Washing- ton, D C : Catholic University of America Press, 1947- LCC J Baillie et al , eds The Library of Christian Classics 26 vols Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1953-1966; Reprint, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press NIDNTT Colin Brown, ed New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 4 vols Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986 NPNF 1 P Schaff et al , eds A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Series 1 14 vols Buffalo, N Y : Christian Literature, 1887-1894 Reprint, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1952-1956 Re- print, Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson, 1994 Baptism 3 Views.indb 9 6/23/09 9:07:31 AM 10 Baptism: Three Views NPNF 2 P Schaff et al , eds A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Series 2 14 vols Buffalo, N Y : Christian Literature, 1887-1894 Reprint, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1952-1956 Re- print, Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson, 1994 PG J -P Migne, ed Patrologia Graeca 166 vols Paris: Migne, 1857-1886 PL J -P Migne, ed Patrologia Latina 221 vols Paris: Migne, 1844-1864 SC H de Lubac, J Daniélou et al , eds Sources Chré- tiennes Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1941- TDNT Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, eds Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Translated by Geoffrey W Bromiley 10 vols Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-1976 Baptism 3 Views.indb 10 6/23/09 9:07:32 AM i ntroduCtion Daniel G. Reid As I prepared to write this introduction, I came across a news story about the dedication of a new baptismal font The font is de- scribed and pictured as an object of stunning beauty, cruciform in shape, oriented on the four cardinal points of the compass, with its “living” water quietly gliding over the font’s dark surface, reflecting the arched ceiling of the church And it is large enough to accom- modate baptism by immersion This font, located in the Anglican Cathedral in Salisbury, Eng- land, is the first permanent font to be installed in that cathedral in over a century Its capacity for immersion might surprise some Bap- tists or even Presbyterians Those who know their church history will recall that baptismal fonts of this size have an ancient history in the church, as evidenced in archaeological remains going back to the baptistery in the house church at Dura-Europas of the early third century The Salisbury font, installed in this centuries-old cathedral, is a reminder of the sacred place of baptism in Christian practice, the beauty that it can inspire, the complexity of its history and, for some, the conflicted practice of baptism in the Anglican Church of post- Christendom While the Salisbury baptismal font evokes tranquility, baptismal waters are not always so! They have also inspired controversy and debate, and even some regrettable chapters in church history We Baptism 3 Views.indb 11 6/23/09 9:07:32 AM
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