Infant baptism, common in Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant churches, is based on the belief that baptism removes original sin and initiates the child into the Christian faith, with the commitment to Christian upbringing by the parents and godparents.

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Infant baptism, common in Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant churches, is based on the belief that baptism removes original sin and initiates the child into the Christian faith, with the commitment to Christian upbringing by the parents and godparents.

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There are two primary forms of baptism practiced in Christianity: infant baptism and believer's baptism

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"And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family."

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Catechism of the Catholic Church
New Testament

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There are two primary forms of baptism practiced in Christianity: infant baptism and believer's baptism

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