# Summary Of Baptism In The Seventh Century. · Page 5 of 5

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As regards that which is noted elsewhere from
Isidorus (ex lib. de summo bono), with reference to
other views on baptism which he is said to have
entertained, we do not accept it as having been
written by him, and this for good reasons, which,
however, it would require too much time to relate;
unless it be said that he wrote it before he was converted,
and had obtained light on the matter; and
here we would let the matter rest.

A. D. 700.—We come now to the last year of
this century, in which we perceive that at that time
not only those of Jewish or heathen parentage, but
also those born of Christian parents, were instructed
in the faith before they were admitted to baptism;
so that the Christians who sought the salvation of
their children, left them unbaptized, till they were
able themselves to confess their sins, profess the
faith, and thereupon desire baptism as a sign of the
same. Among these, the two pious Christians,
Lutgerus and his wife Libuga, are not considered
of the least. It is stated of them, that they left their
son Lutgerus unbaptized, till he, having learned
and accepted the faith in Jesus Christ, in France,
was baptized thereupon, A. D. 700. P. J. Twisck,
Chron., 7th book, page 239, col. 1, from Grondig.
Bewijs., letter B.

We now leave this account of baptism in the
seventh century; in which, on the one side, the oppressed
believers practiced the true ordinance of the
baptism of Christ upon faith; while, on the other
side, the oppressing Roman church deviated the
longer the more from it, so that they not only forsook,
but also opposed the command of Christ to
baptize only upon faith.

On the other hand, infant baptism and many
other superstitions were so firmly established, that
almost no one except those who did not fear the
anathema of the Pope, and death, dared oppose these
things. It is truly astonishing, what P. J. Twisck
writes, and truthfully, concerning this, in his conclusion
to the seventh century, with which we will
also conclude this: “The Pope of Rome, having
been declared head of all the churches by the Emperor
Phocas, gradually established the boundaries
of his power, authority and jurisdiction, not only in,
but also beyond, Italy, yea, beyond Europe, and
this with exceeding haughtiness. The pomp and
greatness became unendurable; yea, the avarice of
the clergy generally was so great that they obtained
ecclesiastical offices through presents, in order to
derive temporal gain therefrom, and would scarcely
baptize an infant, unless money was given them
for it.”

Herewith enough has been said regarding this
matter, and we will therefore turn to the martyrs
who suffered at this time for the truth of Christ their
Savior.



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