Covenant succession

In Reformed theology, covenant succession is the idea that the children of believers "are expected to succeed in the faith of their parents, and this is accomplished through the divinely ordained means of covenant nurture."[1] Other terms used are covenant expectation, children in the covenant, and practical covenant theology. Robert S. Rayburn describes it as the idea that "the purpose of God that his saving grace run in the lines of generations".[2]

  1. ^ Wikner, Benjamin K. (2004). "Introduction". To You and Your Children: Examining the Biblical Doctrine of Covenant Succession. Canon Press. p. xix.
  2. ^ Rayburn, Robert S. (1996). "The Presbyterian Doctrines of Covenant Children, Covenant Nurture and Covenant Succession". Presbyterion. 22 (2): 76. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.