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+[[File:Infant baptism in Baliuag Church 01.jpg|thumb|328x328px|An Infant Baptism in a Roman Catholic Church]]
+'''Paedobaptism''', or '''Infant Baptism''', is the practice of baptizing infants. Despite no explicit command or detailed description in [[Bible|Scripture]], it is affirmed by many Christian denominations, including the [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern]], [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental]] and [[Assyrian Church of the East|Assyrian Orthodox]] branches. It finds justification in [[covenant theology]], [[Household baptism|household baptisms]] in the [[New Testament]], and the continuity of the covenant sign from [[circumcision]] to [[baptism]]. Proponents argue that, just as infants in Israel received the sign of the [[covenant]] (circumcision), so too should children of believers receive baptism as a sign of inclusion in the covenant community.
+Critics of paedobaptism, particularly those from [[Baptists|Baptist]] or [[Credobaptism|credobaptist]] traditions, contend that baptism should be reserved for those who personally profess faith in [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], as the Bible commands.