Editing Infant baptism (section)

=== Opposing denominations ===
These doctrinal positions shape baptismal practices across Christian traditions, exemplified by: [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] (e.g., [[Mennonites]], [[Amish]]), [[Baptists|Baptist Traditions]] ([[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern]], [[Reformed Baptists|Reformed]]), [[Churches of Christ]], [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]/[[Charismatic Christianity|Charismatic]] groups ([[Assemblies of God]], [[Oneness Pentecostalism|Oneness Pentecostals]]). Additionally, several [[nontrinitarian]] religious groups also oppose infant baptism, including [[Oneness Pentecostals]], [[Christadelphians]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[United Church of God]], and [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)]].<ref name="EoM Infant Baptism2">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1992 |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |location=New York |last=Norman |first=Keith E. |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |pages=682–683 |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140 |contribution=Infant Baptism |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/3795 |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow}}</ref>

Specifically, the LDS Church has stated that little children are considered both [[Original sin#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|born without sin]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=1992 |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |location=New York |last=Merrill |first=Byron R. |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |pages=1052–1053 |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140 |contribution=Original sin |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/4025 |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow}}</ref> and [[Fate of the unlearned#Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|incapable of committing sin]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=1992 |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |location=New York |last=Rudd |first=Calvin P. |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |pages=268–269 |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140 |contribution=Children: Salvation of Children |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5591 |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow}}</ref> They have no need of baptism until age eight,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=1992 |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |location=New York |last=Hawkins |first=Carl S. |author-link=Carl S. Hawkins |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |pages=92–94 |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140 |contribution=Baptism |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5499 |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow}}</ref> when they can begin to learn to discern right from wrong, and are thus accountable to God for their own actions.<ref name="EoM Accountability2">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1992 |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |location=New York |last=Warner |first=C. Terry |author-link=C. Terry Warner |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |page=13 |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140 |contribution=Accountability |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5446 |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow}}</ref> However, the LDS Church performs a non-saving [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinance]] to [[Naming and blessing of children|name and bless children]], customarily performed on infants.<ref>{{citation |last=Bangerter |first=Lowell |title=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |page=268 |year=1992 |editor1-last=Ludlow |editor1-first=Daniel H |editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow |contribution=Children: Blessing of Children |contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5591 |location=New York |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=0-02-879602-0 |oclc=24502140}}</ref>