In chapter V, we note perceptions about baby belief from Knox till Westminster. What is the teaching of the Reformed Creeds, from the Scots Confession to the Decrees of Dordt? What does the Westminster Confession (10:3) mean anent “elect infants dying in infancy” being
“regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit?” Why does the Westminster Directory state “the seed…of the faithful…are Christians…before baptism?”
In chapter VI, we trace the development of the doctrine of belief within babies from the Westminster Assembly till 1991. How was this matter viewed by English Puritans like Manton and Owen? How have Calvinists elsewhere (and notably in Scotland and in Holland) seen this matter? What did the Early American Presbyterians believe about this? And what are the opinions hereanent of leading Reformed theologians worldwide, during the last fifty years?
