Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct some who thought that infants ought not be baptized before the eighth day after their birth. . . . He agreed with certain of his fellow bishops that a child is able to be duly baptized as soon as he is born.
Saint AugustineTake care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Saint Augustine