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Paedobaptist Covenant Theology

A framework that applies the Abrahamic promise to the children of believers and views baptism as the New Covenant form of circumcision.

Filed underEcclesiologyCovenant Theology

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A version of covenant theology that interprets the part of the Abrahamic Covenant, 'your offspring', as now applying to the children of believers under the New Covenant and interprets water baptism as the completed form of circumcision under the New Covenant, practicing infant baptism in accordance with that framework.

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Last revised August 14, 2026