# Of A Certain Ancient Confession Of Faith Of The Waldesian Brethren.

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Jacob Mehnring, writing on the fourteenth century,
touching baptism, says: “I have had in my
hands a very old confession of some Waldesian
brethren in Bohemia, printed in the German language,
in which they expressly confess that in the
beginning of Christianity no infants were baptized;
and that also their forefathers did not do it,” as
John Bohemius writes. Lib. 2, Gentium Moribus:
“In former times baptism was wont to be administered
only to those who were previously instructed
in the faith, and examined seven times in the week
before Easter and Whitsuntide; these were then baptized
upon the confession of their faith; but when
baptism was afterwards deemed necessary to salvation,
it was also ordained, by the papists, that newborn
infants should be baptized, and that sponsors
should be assigned them, who confessed the faith,
and renounced the devil, in their stead.” Bapt.
Hist., p. 738.

About A. D. 1400.—D. J. Vicecomes cites from
this century (from Nicephorus Callistus), lib. 1,
cap. 23, that in Thessalia, baptism was administered
only on Whitsuntide;[184](/en/stories/mm-footnotes/part-13/#Footnote_184) on which account many died
without baptism.

“Thus,” remarks Jacob Mehrning on this, “we
are informed, that even at this day there are brethren
and Christians in Thessalonica, who agree with the
Mennists in all articles of religion.” These are J.
Mehrning’s own words (page 739), of which we
shall speak more fully hereafter.



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