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HALFWAY COVENANT

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 837 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COVENANT , an expedient adopted in the Congregational churches of New See also:England between 1657 and 1662. Under its terms baptized persons of moral See also:life and orthodox belief might receive the See also:privilege of See also:baptism for their See also:children and other See also:church benefits, without the full enrolment in membership which admitted them to the communion of the See also:Lord's Supper. See See also:CONGREGATIONALISM: See also:American.

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