The most important Anglican mind most Anglicans have never heard of was a frequent visitor to St. John’s in years past, the Canadian priest and professor of Classics, Robert Crouse. There was nothing showy about him, and he did not seek the spotlight.
Every feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a testimony to the truth of the Incarnation: that the Son of God became Son of Man in the Virgin's womb, so that the sons (and daughters) of men might become the sons of God.
In continuity with the practice of the ancient Church, Anglicans practice infant baptism, “as most agreeable with the institution of Christ” (Article 27). “For the infants of Christians belong to God and to the Church no less than did formerly the offspring of the Hebrews to whom circumcision was administered in infancy.
Though the Scriptures are silent on the question of whether to baptize infants or not, other texts do shed definitive light on the question: those that speak about circumcision (the Old Testament sign that corresponds to Baptism), and the participation of the children of the covenant people in the blessings of the covenant.
