The Declaration claims that the Bible must be understood in light of the consensus of the Church throughout history.

Could any one out there show me the writing of one Christian writer prior to John Calvin who denires that Baptism is regenerative and the meaning of being “born of water and the spirit.?”

interpretated?

Zwingli, perhaps (who I seem to recall was more extreme on this point?)

David please forgive a Welshman’s use of the English language!