When did some christians stop believing in baptismal regeneration?

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My question is simple : When did some christians stop believing in baptismal regeneration ? I just know it’s after Luther (because he believed in baptismal regeneration)? But when and who started that heresy ?
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I have wondered about this myself! Unless you are born again…
 
I don’t think “they” did. Are you thinking of Catholics or some other particular sect?
 
I’m talking of christians who believe that baptism is merely a spiritual rebirth and not necessary for salvation.
 
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My question is simple : When did the christians stop believing in baptismal regeneration ? I just know it’s after Luther (because he believed in baptismal regeneration)? But when and who started that heresy ?
Thanks !
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Catholic teaching is that a state of sanctifying grace at death is needed for salvation. That may be provided by the sacrament of baptism, or in a non-sacramental way.
 
I know but I want to know when and who broke with this tradition.
 
Different Christians have different views on Sacraments, including Baptism. I doubt you will be able to p(name removed by moderator)oint that Fred Smith in X year broke from the Catholic teaching on Baptism. If you are interested in the views of a particular sect, you can likely find some kind of history of their origins and the evolution of their beliefs.
 
yes I mean stopped to believe in baptismal regeneration…
 
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yes I mean stopped to believe in baptismal regeneration…
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Catholic Encyclopedia gives the meaning of regeneration:
the Council of Trent (Sess. VI, capp. iii-iv, in Denzinger-Bannwart, “Enchiridion”, 10th ed., 1908, nn. 795-6) regarded regeneration as fundamentally nothing else than another name for the justification acquired through the Sacrament of Baptism.
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Seventeenth century Socinianism (one of the Antitrinitarian sects) diverged. Unitarians (late sixteenth century) do not believe that baptism is necessary, nor does Universalism (from the eighteenth century).

Those sects not practicing baptism also include Quakers, Salvation Army, Christian Scientists, and some Baptists.
 
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1609 John Smyth in England split with the Anglican church - which had itself split from the Catholic. He formed the Baptist denomination. He believed that Baptism was not a Sacrament (too “Catholic”), but rather an ordinance - a law - laid down by our Lord. He instituted the “believer’s baptism” in which baptism was only acceptable if you could clearly state your belief. For this reason, he rejected infant baptism.
 
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