Baptism of Little Children

President Boyd K. Packer

"[Some believe] that little children are conceived in sin and enter mortality in a state of natural corruption. That doctrine is false!

"'If I have learned the truth,' Mormon wrote, 'there have been disputations among you concerning the baptism of your little children' (Moroni 8:5).

"He called their disputation 'gross error' and wrote:

"'Listen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance; the whole need no physician, but they that are sick; wherefore, little children are whole, for they are not capable of committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them; …

"'And after this manner did the Holy Ghost manifest the word of God unto me; wherefore, my beloved son, I know that it is solemn mockery before God, that ye should baptize little children' (Moroni 8:7–9). …

"Read his entire epistle. It is true doctrine."

President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "Little Children," Ensign, Nov. 1986, 17.