Translation of : Die Säuglingstaufe im Neuen Testament und in der alten Kirche.

Author's preface to the English edition -- Preface from America / John Frederick Jansen -- Introduction : The baptismal controversy in the British scene / G.R. Beasley-Murray -- Changes -- The first clear testimonies for the practice of infant baptism in the third century -- Patristic statements concerning infant baptism from the beginning to the end of the second century -- Tertullian -- Indirect testimonies to infant baptism in the second century? -- The evidence of the Christian inscriptions -- Paul and the primitive church -- The Oikos formula -- The blessing of the children -- When and why was infant baptism introduced? -- Postscript : Infant baptism today?