Baptism among the Eastern Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Churches regularly baptize infants by immersion—three immersions, to be precise. Why do they do this? Why not sprinkle? And why do it to babies? What do they hope to accomplish by immersing babies? And do the babies like it?
That last question is easy enough to answer just be watching a few videos of the rite; I’ve included examples below. But the babies aren’t harmed, just momentarily shocked, it seems. And, I know, there’s a lot that shocks babies; they haven’t experienced much in the world. At least they don’t fully submerge the babies in water and make them chase a…
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