1. Man and woman are one:
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2. Father and Son are one:
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
3. Mankind is in God's image, the family being the icon of the Trinity:
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them.
4. Hence why, in conclusion (since children are one flesh with their parents, and wives one flesh with their husbands) the members of a family or household are received communally, and not individually, into the Church:
When parents entered into covenant with God, they brought their children with them. This was a law in the Hebrew Church. When a proselyte was received into membership, he could not enter without bringing his children with him. -- Easton's Bible Dictionary.
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