Conflict with Anabaptists: Infant Baptism

The Anabaptists (as distinct from Paedo-baptists) thought the Reformers stopped half-way, and "did not go to the root of the evil. Their fundamental doctrine was, that baptism is a voluntary act, and requires personal repentance, and faith in Christ. They rejected infant-baptism as an anti-scriptural invention. They could find no trace of it in the New Testament, the only authority in matters of faith" (Philip Schaaf, History of the Christian Church, Vol. VII, p. 607). The Anabaptists believed...