What are the reasons behind Orthodox infant baptisms?

The assumption behind this objection to infant baptism, one which did not exist in the early Church or in the centuries which followed, is that faith is a product of reason. That to truly believe, our minds must be capable of understanding why we believe, or at least able to provide intellectual consent. read more

David was the only one of his brothers to have a different mother. Due to this misunderstanding the Catholic Church deemed it necessary to cover all infants sin with baptism. It is with the Judaism that I lean towards when it comes to an understanding of the appropriate time in which to baptize a person, male or female. read more

Let us look at the background and arguments of this debate before we turn to what it means for the Orthodox Church to baptize children. Background. Infant baptism was not controversial in the Church during the first two centuries after Christ. St. read more