but adiaphora (in abstracto) may cease to be adiaphora (in concreto) under certain circumstances (e.g., when holding a life insurance policy springs from lack of trust in God; when smoking injures health; when drinking exceeds moderation; when immersion in Baptism is defended as the correct mode; when cremation is an expression of atheism). Pietists, in harmony with their doctrine of rebirth (theologia regenitorum: one reborn and having attained full spiritual manhood is free from sin), denied the