Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 27

Question 74

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Are infants also to be baptized?

Yes: for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the covenant^a and church of God;^b and since redemption from sin^c by the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult;^d they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the Christian church; and be distinguished from the children of infidels,^e as was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision,^f instead of which, baptism is instituted in the new covenant.^g

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