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title: 'Sprinkling, the Only Mode of Baptism Made Known in Scripture: And the Scripture Warrant for Infant Baptism'
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authors:
- 'Absalom Peters'
date: 1848-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Sacraments'
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Apologetical Method'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Mark 16'
- 'Hebrews 9'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/peters-1848-sprinkling-the-only-mode-of-baptism-made-known-in-scripture-and-the-scripture-warrant-for-infant-baptism
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# Sprinkling, the Only Mode of Baptism Made Known in Scripture: And the Scripture Warrant for Infant Baptism

Absalom Peters argues that sprinkling (aspersion) is the only biblical mode of Christian baptism and presents a scriptural defense of infant baptism, using hermeneutic and historical reasoning.

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