and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." 81 "Baptism therefore constitutes the sacramental bond of unity existing among all who through it are reborn." ...

Even some consider the Catholic Church a cult for teaching on the necessity of baptism for salvation. On a similar issue, some object to infant baptism, claiming it to be invalid since an infant ...

Baptism is a significant moment in a Christian's life, marking the beginning of their journey in faith and their belonging to ...

The baptism ceremony also allows parents and godparents to make a promise before God to bring the baby up within the faith of Christianity. Christian denominations that also practise infant ...

There are, of course, caveats and theological fine print. In the Catholic Church, baptism is administered — mostly to young children — to cleanse residual sin and initiate people into the ...

In Judaism, the infant is baptised before it has a faith of its own to symbolise that it belongs to the Jewish people. In the same way, Christian baptism of an infant occurs before the infant has ...