. Some of the early church fathers were baptized as adults, but not because they were against infant baptism. Rather, they had a faulty belief in baptismal regeneration, so they often thought it best to wait until just before death to be baptized. Or at the very least, as Tertullian suggested, they thought a person should wait until it's not so easy to be tempted by sin (like during puberty), and then to be baptized afterwards.
Are you absolutely sure this fits all cases Joe?
Do you truly think this was Monica's reason for not baptizing Augustine or why Gregory Nazianzen wasn't baptized as an infant by his father who was a bishop? Was that also the reason why Chrysostom wasn't baptized until he was 21 even though he was raised by Christian parents and educated by a Bishop Meletius?
What happened to the idea of Federal theology and Covenant baptism for infants?
Plus, I will read the books you recommended. I love reading books pitted against each other. Do you remember the Lordship Controversey and how Zondervan pitted Hodges and Ryrie against MacArthur? It was fun. I loved picking Ryrie apart. He even took Calvin's Institutes out of context. He was reading some obsure translation of Calvin I hadn't heard of yet. I am not much of a B.S.er. I may get lost in my thoughts pretty easy, but I will do what I say.
[Edited on 7/14/2005 by fredtgreco]