John Duns Scotus on Baptism

C. 1266 – 1308 · SCHOLASTIC

STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°

STANCE

Infants included, and effective for regeneration

THE POSITION

Infant baptism, conferring grace and remitting original sin.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONNo quotations. Scotus died in 1308 and the Latin is public domain, but the usable English translations are modern and in copyright, so these positions are paraphrased from standard scholarly accounts rather than reproduced.

9 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Aquinas Augustine Chrysostom Constantinople I Irenaeus Luther Philip Melanchthon Nicaea I Wesley

Believers only, on profession of faithVODDIE BAUCHAM · THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22 STATEMENT OF FAITH · BILLY GRAHAM · 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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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Franciscan, the Subtle Doctor. Argued for the univocity of being and for a will free in its own right rather than moved by the intellect's judgment — the point where the Franciscan schools part from Aquinas.

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