Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index
The Latin baptismal rites on the eve of the reformation -- The first translations of the Latin rites -- The first reformed baptismal rites -- The Anabaptist bid for the reform of the baptismal rite -- The defense of infant baptism by the earliest reformed theologians -- Further development and revision of the reformed baptismal rite, 1526-42 -- Cathechetical instruction -- The baptismal vows -- The baptismal invocation -- The washing and the word