SRoper
Puritan Board Graduate
I was reading Augustine's Anti-Pelagian Writings and in Book 1 of "Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants" he argues that infants don't commit actual sins. It is actually a big part of his argument for original sin. He argues that infants are guilty of original sin and for this reason are baptized. In order to make his argument, he has to remove the possibility that infants are baptized for the actual sins they commit.
What should we think about infants? Do they commit actual sins? When WLC 194 says "we and all others are guilty of original and actual sin" does it include infants?
What should we think about infants? Do they commit actual sins? When WLC 194 says "we and all others are guilty of original and actual sin" does it include infants?