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Scholars disagree on the date when infant baptism was first practiced.

Some believe that 1st-century Christians did not practice it, noting the lack of any explicit evidence of paedobaptism.

Others, noting the lack of any explicit evidence of exclusion of paedobaptism, believe that they did, understanding biblical references to individuals " and household " being baptized (,, ) as well as " the promise to you and your children " () as including small children and infants.