When Did Churches Stop Baptizing by Immersion?
The earliest mode of baptism seems to have been immersion. So when did Christians start sprinkling and pouring?
As part of my research for a chapter on baptism in a recent book, one of the questions I needed to answer was, “When did churches leave behind the New Testament practice of immersion?” The answer is, “Far more recently than you probably think.” Many Christians assume that the practice of immersion was already long-forgo…
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