Augsburg Confession

Article IX: Of Baptism

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Augsburg Confession
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Article IX: Of Baptism
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21
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Article IX: Of Baptism.

1]Of Baptism they teach that it is necessary

2]to salvation, and that through Baptism is offered the grace of God, and that children are to be baptized who, being offered to God through Baptism are received into God’s grace.

3]They condemn the Anabaptists, who reject the baptism of children, and say that children are saved without Baptism.

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