Title: Anabaptist baptism; a representative study.
Authors: Armour, Rollin S. 1929-2018
Publisher: Herald Press
Year: 1966
Subjects: Baptism Anabaptists; Baptism History
Contents: Chapter I. Balthasar Hubmaier -- The movement away from infant baptism -- Influence upon Hubmaier -- The case for believer's baptism -- Zwingli, Hubmaier, and the idea of the covenant -- Baptism and the Church -- The New Testament -- Tradition and the church fathers -- The administration of baptism: Eine form Zu Taufen -- The Rechenschaft -- Summary -- Chapter II. Hans Hut: background in Thomas Muentzer and Hand Denck -- Baptism according to Thomas Muntzer -- Baptism According to Hans Denk -- The authorship of Von dem geheimnus der tauf -- The evidence for Muntzer -- The evidence for Hut -- Further details -- Chapter III. Hans Hut's baptismal theology -- The baptismal sign and covenant -- Inner baptism: Das wesen der taufe -- The gospel of all creatures -- The inner and outer covenants -- Baptism and eschatology -- The three baptisms: spirit, water, and the blood -- The baptisms of John and Christ -- The administration of baptism -- Chapter IV. Melchior Hofmann -- Regeneration and the baptismal covenant -- Baptism, eschatology, and redemptive history -- The administration of baptism -- Hofmann on infant baptism: a recantation -- Scriptural texts -- Chapter V. Pilgram Marpeck -- Baptism and the old and the new covenants -- The baptismal covenant -- The unity of inner and outer baptism -- A threefold baptism: spirit, water and the blood -- Arguments against infant baptism -- The dedication of infants -- Baptism and Marpeck's use of scriptural texts -- The administration of baptism -- Chapter VI. Conclusion -- The doctrine of regeneration: a key to Anabaptism -- The covenant of the regenerate -- The objective power of baptism -- The baptized life