Thomas Aquinas on Baptism
1225 – 1274 · SCHOLASTIC
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Infants included, and effective for regeneration
THE POSITION
Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration, administered to infants.
SCRIPTURE
JOHN 3:5 · BSB
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
8 OTHERS HOLD THIS
Believers only, on profession of faithVODDIE BAUCHAM · THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22 STATEMENT OF FAITH · JOSH HOWERTON · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · JOHN MACARTHUR · GAVIN ORTLUND · JUSTIN PETERS · JOHN PIPER · CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Infants included, as a covenant signJACOBUS ARMINIUS · CALVIN · JONATHAN EDWARDS · TIM KELLER · JOHN OWEN · R.C. SPROUL · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION · ZWINGLI
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Dominican friar, author of the Summa Theologiae. Synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine; the reference point for later Catholic theology.
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"Thomas Aquinas on Baptism", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/aquinas/baptism (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/aquinas/baptism).