the catholic church officially teaches nonbaptized infants go to hell

[Didacus]

Now I know how Europe felt when Napoleon escaped from Elba....

Vive l'empereur!!!

[blazeingstar]

Not only that but you have arguments for the different types of baptism recognized now, namely baptism of blood and baptism of desire.  Since God perfectly knows the soul of the child He could know what the child would chose with their yet to develop reasoning ability.

There was obviously some scare tactic and jerrymanding going on in some of the councils, especially since sacraments for many churches were a source of income in different parts of the European state.