The Spiritual Condition of Infants: A Biblical-Historical Survey and Systematic Proposal

by Harwood, Adam; Patterson, Paige

• ISBN13: 9781608998449
• ISBN10: 1608998444
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

What is the spiritual condition of infants? According to the Augustinian-Calvinist view, all people inherit from the first Adam both a sinful nature and his guilt. The result is that all infants are subject to the judgment of God against their nature before they knowingly commit any sinful action But is this the clear teaching of Scripture?

Author Biography

Adam Harwood is Assistant professor of Christian Studies at Truett-McConnell College at Cleveland, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introductory Section
Does It Matter if Infants Are Guilty of Sin?	p. 3
What Are the Boundaries?	p. 7
Grudem's Tentative Solution	p. 13
Biblical Section
What Do Infants Receive from Adam?: (Romans 5:12 to 21)	p. 31
Does God Judge Our Sinful Nature of Our Sinful Actions? (Psalm 51:25 and Ephesians 2:3)	p. 41
Are Infant Deaths Due to the Guilt of Other People? (Genesis 6:5-6 and 2 Samuel 12:23	p. 50
What is the Knowledge of Good and Evil?: (Genesis 2-3 and Deuteronomy 1:39)	p. 56
John the Baptist: Salvation or Anointing: Luck 1:5	p. 65
The Children with Jesus: Baptism or Blessing?: (Mark 10:13-16)	p. 69
Hold Children: Covenant or Blessing?: (1 Corinthians 7:14)	p. 74
Historical Section
The Eastern Church Fathers: (Irenaeus, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa	p. 83
The Western Church Fathers: (Tertullian and Cyprian)	p. 96
Augustine	p. 105
The Magisterial Reformers: (Luther, Zwingli, Calvin)	p. 113
The Anabaptist Reformers: (Hubmaier and Marpeck)	p. 126
Nineteenth-Century Baptists: (Boyce, Strong, and Mullins)	p. 135
Twentieth-Century Baptists: (Hendricks and Erickson	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 153
Bibliography	p. 165
Name and Subject Index	p. 177
Scripture Indeex	p. 180
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