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Question 16: Does not the commandment of baptism apply also to children, as did the commandment of circumcision in the Old Covenant? Consequently are not children in danger of forfeiting their salvation as long as they are not baptized? Also, will they not be damned if they die without baptism?

Answer: Just as circumcision did not concern children before the eighth day - to have circumcised before that time would have even been a violation of circumcision - the baptism commanded of believers does not concern children before they are able to profess their faith. The eighth day of circumcision is a prefiguration of this.

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Basic Questions and Brief and Simple Answers to the Same

Mack's foundational catechetical document from 1713, presenting basic religious questions with straightforward answers that address the fundamental beliefs of the Brethren movement as it emerged in Schwarzenau, Germany.

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