"Baptize first the children; and if they can……" — Hippolytus of Rome
"Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them."
More Baptism Quotes
- As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As… — Saint Basil
- Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain… — Ezra Taft Benson
- In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another… — Tony Campolo
- After many painful trials, which none can know, but those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they… — Adoniram Judson
- Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you… — T.D. Jakes
- Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers. — Max Lucado
- The rediscovery of the value of one's baptism is the basis of the missionary commitment of every Christian, because we… — Pope Benedict XVI
- For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as… — Saint Augustine
- No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old. — Saint Augustine
- Their example gives witness to the fact that baptism commits Christians to participate boldly in the spread of the Kingdom… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much… — Gordon B. Hinckley
- When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of… — Tertullian