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Le baptême des petits enfants = The baptism of infants

Emery, Gilles

In: Nova et Vetera, 2012, vol. 87, no. 1, p. 7-23

The Catholic Church baptizes little children (“paedobaptism”). Following the instruction “Pastoralis actio” from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and with special reference to Thomas Aquinas, this essay presents the doctrinal foundations of the baptism of infants: the need that, because of original sin, every human being has to be saved; the prevenience and the ...