Lainaus Hyvin Vanhasta Arnoldin Kirkkohistoriasta
Didache: “And concerning baptism, baptize thus: Having first recited all these things, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit in running water. But if thou has not running water, baptize in other water; and, if thou canst not in cold water, in warm. But if thou hast neither, put water thrice upon the head in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
Infant Baptism: It is generally agreed by most objective scholars that infant baptism for children of Christian parents was practiced by most of the early Church Fathers such as Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Augustine, etc. Other church fathers do not mention infant baptism, but they do not speak against it either. The sole known opponent to infant baptism in the early church was Tertullian. He acknowledged that infant baptism was the norm in his day, but advised people to delay baptism until late in life because he believed that baptism actually washed away all a person’s sins.
Church Government: The early church had a simple church government with elders or presbyters ruling over a local assembly. But early in the Church a distinction was made between an elder and a bishop (originally they were the same office), and this set the stage for the papal system as we now know it.
Irenaeus: “Respect the bishop as a type of God, and the presbyters as the council of God, and the college of the apostles. Apart from these there is not even the name of a church.”
Ignatius: “Do ye all follow your bishop as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Do nothing without the bishop.”
Didache: “And concerning baptism, baptize thus: Having first recited all these things, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit in running water. But if thou has not running water, baptize in other water; and, if thou canst not in cold water, in warm. But if thou hast neither, put water thrice upon the head in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
Infant Baptism: It is generally agreed by most objective scholars that infant baptism for children of Christian parents was practiced by most of the early Church Fathers such as Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Augustine, etc. Other church fathers do not mention infant baptism, but they do not speak against it either. The sole known opponent to infant baptism in the early church was Tertullian. He acknowledged that infant baptism was the norm in his day, but advised people to delay baptism until late in life because he believed that baptism actually washed away all a person’s sins.
Church Government: The early church had a simple church government with elders or presbyters ruling over a local assembly. But early in the Church a distinction was made between an elder and a bishop (originally they were the same office), and this set the stage for the papal system as we now know it.
Irenaeus: “Respect the bishop as a type of God, and the presbyters as the council of God, and the college of the apostles. Apart from these there is not even the name of a church.”
Ignatius: “Do ye all follow your bishop as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Do nothing without the bishop.”
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Vanhimmat
Oli ihmisen sanaa ja käytäntöä, ei Raamatun sanaa. Raamatussa kastetaan, vain parannuksen tehneitä ja niitä jotka uskovat Herraan Jeesukseen.