Infant baptism (or paedobaptism) is the practice of baptizing infants or young children. Infant baptism is also called christening by some faith traditions...

amongst Christians. Baptism is also called christening, although some reserve the word "christening" for the baptism of infants. In certain Christian...

baptizing infants. Credobaptists believe that infants incapable of consciously believing should not be baptized. The mode of believer's baptism depends...

denied the validity of infant baptism, which was the normal practice when their movement started and practiced believer's baptism instead. Several groups...

person of any age, but is often used in reference to the baptism of a newborn infant. The baptism can be performed by a person not normally authorized to...

accordance with his reading of the New Testament, he rejected baptism of infants and instituted baptism only of believing adults. Baptist practice spread to England...

for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of infant and adult baptism. The earliest western fonts are found in the Catacombs of Rome...

baptized. Commonly referred to as believer's baptism, it is opposed to baptism of infants, who are not able to make a conscious decision to be baptized. The...

over infant baptism with the Pelagians contributed to Augustine's change. Tertullian (ca. 200) was the first Christian to mention infant baptism. He refuted...

Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known...