(RNS) The sprinkling-style baptism of a Dayton, Ohio, infant—a scene heartwarming and commonplace for Catholics and many mainline Protestants—is touching off accusations of doctrinal heresy in the ...

Without dispute, baptism is a biblical subject and plays an important role in Christianity. Virtually all churches practice baptism, but there’re multiple views about how baptism is to be administered ...

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