Paragraph 28.3
Chapter 28: Of Baptism
Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring, or sprinkling water, upon the person.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.3
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.3
Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring, or sprinkling water, upon the person.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.3
Dipping of the person into the Water, is not necessary: but, Baptism is rightly administred, by powring, or Sprinkling water upon the Person.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 28.3
Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring, or sprinkling water, upon the person.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.3, which this paragraph revises
Is the Sacrament of Baptism with Water by Christs appointment, to be continued in his Church to the end of the World? Yes. Is dipping of the person (to be baptised) into Water…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.3, which this paragraph revises
The position here taken in regard to the mode of baptism is extremely moderate. There is no denunciation of immersion ; no denial of the validity of baptism so administered. It is…
John Macpherson’s text