Baptism is the immersion in or sprinkling with water as a religious rite of initiation. It was practised long before the beginning of Christianity.
St Augustine laid the foundations for infant baptism. He taught that people are born with an affinity for sin and as descendants of Adam and Eve share in the guilt of original sin. Therefore infant baptism was important.
The early Anabaptists were often drowned by their persecutors as the authorities reckoned if they wanted to be fully immersed- let them! King Ferdinand declared drowning (called the third baptism) "the best antidote to Anabaptism".
A Swedish pastor was electrocuted as he stood in a pool of water for a baptism ceremony when one of his assistants handed him a live microphone.
The priest at young Boris Yeltsen’s christening was so drunk that he dropped baby Boris into the font then forgot he was there.
St Augustine laid the foundations for infant baptism. He taught that people are born with an affinity for sin and as descendants of Adam and Eve share in the guilt of original sin. Therefore infant baptism was important.
The early Anabaptists were often drowned by their persecutors as the authorities reckoned if they wanted to be fully immersed- let them! King Ferdinand declared drowning (called the third baptism) "the best antidote to Anabaptism".
A Swedish pastor was electrocuted as he stood in a pool of water for a baptism ceremony when one of his assistants handed him a live microphone.
The priest at young Boris Yeltsen’s christening was so drunk that he dropped baby Boris into the font then forgot he was there.
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