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was opposed to infant circumcision, Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, the Godfearing priest of Midian.37 Also today, this kind of “interdenominational marriage”38 is sometimes entered into between Christians, for instance, whenever a (paedobaptistic) Lutheran or Presbyterian or Methodist marries an (antipaedobaptistic) Baptist or Pentecostalist (or Campbellite “Disciple” or “Christian Church” or “Church of Christ” member). Fortunately, however, even today there are also those numerous happy cases where the less consistent spouse (like Ruth who married Boaz) genuinely changes his or her views about the need to give the sacramental sign of the covenant even to their infants.
