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Which Religion Baptizes Babies?

Chloe Bennett • • 7 min read
Which Religion Baptizes Babies?

Branches of Christianity that practice infant baptism include Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and among Protestants, several denominations: Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists

Congregationalists
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
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and other Reformed denominations, Methodists, Nazarenes, Moravians, and United Protestants.

Do all religions baptize babies?

The ritual is not practiced by all denominations. And those who do, do it for different reasons. The denominations that do not practice infant baptism believe that children (babies, toddlers) are unable to grasp the concept of Jesus Christ as Savior. The denominations that practice infant baptism are of two minds.

Why is infant baptism important?

Christians believe that baptism welcomes the child into the Church, and removes from the baby original sin that was brought into the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden .

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