Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Keywords
Moroni, Mormon, Jesus Christ, baptism
Abstract
In a letter to his son Moroni, Mormon warns against the practice of baptizing little children. He identifies two false assumptions of his day used to justify infant baptism: little children are born with sin (see Moroni 8:8) and will suffer divine punishment in hell if they die without having been baptized (see Moroni 8:13). While the exact nature of this aberrant practice is unknown, it was apparently common enough among the Nephites of Mormon’s day to warrant swift and unequivocal prophetic censure. Mormon describes the rite as particularly wicked and erroneous in light of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Recommended Citation
Roper, Matthew P.
(2003)
"The Baptism of Little Children in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 23:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol23/iss3/3