Baptism

Baptism

The rite of admission to membership in Christian churches that involves immersing, sprinkling or anointing with water. Regarded as a sacrament by Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christians. Most denominations practise infant baptism; some only baptise adult believers.

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