The WCF teaches that elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated. I do know that the "ordo salutis" says that regeneration precedes faith and repentance. However, none of us would affirm that any adult individual in the world will be regenerated/converted without actually hearing the gospel. So how can these concepts be reconciled? How can we affirm we believe that elect infants who haven't heard the gospel will be saved...but that none of those adults in the world who don't hear the gospel will be saved? Does this "special case" of regeneration just apply to infants/young-children?
(This is NOT a thread to debate the salvation of infants dying in infancy but only to reconcile these ideas)
(This is NOT a thread to debate the salvation of infants dying in infancy but only to reconcile these ideas)
Last edited: