This article is about the concept in Christian theology. For other uses, see Age of criminal responsibility.
In Christian theology, the age of accountability (also called the age of discretion) is the age at which children are deemed to be accountable for their beliefs and actions.
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Christian theology, the ageofaccountability (also called the ageof discretion) is the age at which children are deemed to be accountable for their beliefs...
baptism. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sets the ageofaccountability and minimum age for baptism at 8 years ofage. All persons younger...
baptism, but individuals can be baptized after they reach the "age of accountability". Confirmation in the LDS Church occurs shortly following baptism, which...
and spiritual death, the nature and conduct of baptism, the ageofaccountability, the purpose and practice of communion, personalized revelation, economic...
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In the United States, each state and territory sets the ageof consent either by statute or the common law applies, and there are several federal statutes...
specifically, in the 'ageofaccountability', amnesty laws have come to be considered as granting impunity for the violation of human rights, including...
Christian Church of the Middle Ages considered the ageofaccountability, when a person could be tried and even executed as an adult, to be age 7. While certain...
New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and...
the royal ageof majority was 14 (the "ageofaccountability" under Roman Catholic canon law), Charles terminated the regency at the ageof 21. The regents...
after the ageofaccountability (normally age 8); confirmation and reception of the gift of the Holy Ghost, performed by laying hands on the head of a newly...
Latter-day Saints, in 1903 following his eighth birthday, the "ageofaccountability", according to church doctrine. Hiram Dempsey and his family returned...
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immersion at the age of 8, or ageofaccountability, or when someone newly converts. It is then renewed weekly through partaking of sacrament during church...
instituted by Christ for the forgiveness of sins, a person must have reached the ageofaccountability. Foundations of our Faith and Calling. Plough. 2014...
concept of original sin, but believe children to be innocent through the atonement. Therefore, all children who die before the ageofaccountability inherit...
"the ageofaccountability"), while capable of sinning, are not held accountable for their actions, and their sins are covered by the atonement of Jesus...
Latter Day Saints baptisms also occur only after an "ageofaccountability" which is defined as the ageof eight years. The theology thus rejects infant baptism...