baptismal regeneration

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the doctrine that regeneration and sanctification are received in and through baptism.

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Etymology

Origin of baptismal regeneration

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

The watchwords of the High Church are, therefore, judgment by works; baptismal regeneration; church authority; and apostolical succession.

From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher)

Good evangelical as Fitzjames then was, he felt that there were more important controversies going on than squabbles over baptismal regeneration.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

"I also said that your church believed in baptismal regeneration."

From Dorothy Page by Hatcher, Eldridge B.

The doctrine of baptismal regeneration pushed to its extreme logical conclusions, as it is by them, leads to rather strange practical consequences.

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

In his work On Baptism, chapters 3 to 8, he maintains the doctrine of baptismal regeneration "by which we are washed from the sins of our former blindness and set free for eternal life."

From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)