Baptism-+Christianity

Baptism- Christianity


 * You begin by standing, sitting, or kneeling in holy water. The minister of a Baptist church then lowers you under the water and then brings you back up out of the water. Also called ‘immersion’. You could also sprinkle the water on a person’s forehead


 * Infants are dressed in white christening gowns.


 * It’s a religious rite that symbolizes purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church.


 * Washes off your holy (original) sins, when you’re a baby.


 * We are all born with sin.


 * You could either enter the Church through private baptism, or solemn baptism


 * Anabaptists initiated the practice of baptizing, or admitting into their groups, only adult members.


 * They based this practice on the belief that only people who could make a free and informed choice to become Christians should be allowed to do so.


 * Catholic and established Protestant churches, in contrast, baptized infants.


 * Featured in the New Testament

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 * An act of renunciation, renewal, and spiritual cleaning