The Development of the Doctrine of Infant Salvation

by B.B. Warfield

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Genres: Theology

64 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2011

About the author

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (usually known as B. B. Warfield) was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. Some conservative Presbyterians consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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Reviews

[Jacob London · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good read. Though not necessarily a development of the Reformed doctrine as I had hoped. The book is actually a development of the doctrine of infant salvation throughout church history. Though still a great overview of Church history on the issue, Warfield does not show us how the church fathers same to their opinions or why.

Disclaimer: I would not recommend this to anyone who may have recently lost a child. Warfield does not hold back in his description of the heinous Medieval and Catholic views. The accounts recorded can often be disturbing and gruesome.

What Warfield succeeds in is showing the graciousness of God's covenant promise to his people.

[Max Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for a short overview of how the doctrine of infant salvation has changed (or not changed) over time, then this is a good book. Warfield methodically goes through most of the prominent writings on infant salvation from the early church and explains them, and that's pretty much all he does.