He was protesting infant baptism, a practice that was taking root in the apostate Christianity of his day.
دَوَّنَ هذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ كَاتِبٌ ٱسْمُهُ ترتليانوس فِي نِهَايَةِ ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلثَّانِي ٱلْمِيلَادِيِّ ٱحْتِجَاجًا عَلَى مَعْمُودِيَّةِ ٱلْأَطْفَالِ .‏