IAR 8.5

Irish Articles of Religion

8.5. Of Baptism

Baptism is not only an outward sign of our profession, and a note of difference, whereby Christians are discerned from such as are no Christians; but much more a Sacrament of our admission into the Church, sealing unto us our new birth (and consequently our justification, adoption, and sanctification) by the communion which we have with Jesus Christ.

For discussion

  1. WCF 27.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 7.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 27.1 · SC60 7.1 · SC60 7.2 · SC60 7.3 · SHC 7.1 · SHC 7.2 · SHC 7.3