First-century Christians baptized repentant believers by immersion, not infants, because baptism required faith, discipleship, and confession.
Was Infant Baptism Practiced by First-Century Christians?
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354–430 C.E.): His Theology, Legacy, and the Evangelical Critique
Augustine of Hippo greatly influenced Western Christianity, yet his teachings on original sin and ecclesiology attract significant critiques from biblical scholars.
