Mark 16:15-16 "And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

During the Middle Ages, infant baptism became predominant, and the rite was performed earlier and earlier. In 18 th-century Catholic France, it was mandatory to baptize an infant within 24 hours ...