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Infant baptism in reformation Geneva : the shaping of a community, 1536-1564 / Karen E. Spierling.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.Description: viii, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0664233414
  • 9780664233419
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234.1612 22
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Originally published by Ashgate Publising in 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : infant baptism and the definition of community -- Infant baptism in the sixteenth century : doctrine and liturgy -- Catholic baptismal traditions in Reformed Geneva -- Godparents : a tradition Reformed -- Baptizing illegitimate children -- Raising children in Reformed Geneva.