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Jacobus Arminius on Baptism

1560 – 1609 · ARMINIAN
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Infants included, as a covenant sign

THE POSITION

Infant baptism, in the Dutch Reformed context.

7 OTHERS HOLD THIS

CalvinJonathan EdwardsTim KellerJohn OwenR.C. SproulWestminster ConfessionZwingli
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, and effective for regenerationAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE · CHRYSOSTOM · CONSTANTINOPLE I · IRENAEUS · LUTHER · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · NICAEA I · WESLEY
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Dutch Reformed pastor whose questioning of unconditional election produced the Remonstrance and, in reply, the Synod of Dort. Often caricatured; he affirmed total depravity.

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"Jacobus Arminius on Baptism", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/arminius/baptism (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/arminius/baptism).

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