Which two doctrinal errors are addressed by requiring evidence of prior spiritual experience before baptism?

Which two doctrinal errors are addressed by requiring evidence of prior spiritual experience before baptism?

• A. Infant baptism; Baptismal regeneration
• B. Salvation by grace; Good works
• C. Atheism; Polytheism
• D. Heresy; Apostasy

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that baptism should follow a conscious personal faith rather than be administered automatically or to infants. Requiring evidence of prior spiritual experience addresses two errors: infant baptism, since infants cannot demonstrate personal spiritual experience; and baptismal regeneration, since baptism would be saving in itself rather than the believer’s faith being the prerequisite. Other options don’t fit as directly: the distinction between salvation by grace and good works is a broader debate about how faith and deeds relate, while atheism/polytheism are belief systems not specifically about the baptism requirement. Similarly, the categories of heresy and apostasy describe types of doctrinal failure, not the procedural prerequisite for baptism.

The main idea is that baptism should follow a conscious personal faith rather than be administered automatically or to infants. Requiring evidence of prior spiritual experience addresses two errors: infant baptism, since infants cannot demonstrate personal spiritual experience; and baptismal regeneration, since baptism would be saving in itself rather than the believer’s faith being the prerequisite. Other options don’t fit as directly: the distinction between salvation by grace and good works is a broader debate about how faith and deeds relate, while atheism/polytheism are belief systems not specifically about the baptism requirement. Similarly, the categories of heresy and apostasy describe types of doctrinal failure, not the procedural prerequisite for baptism.