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This is a fairly short answer to a very complicated question.
First, let's assume we are talking about water baptism. Some Christians talk about spirit baptism. That is a whole other complicated issue.
Three main views on water baptism would include:
1. Water Baptism is part of regeneration. That is, baptism is part of the salvation experience. Without this ritual, one cannot be with God.
2. Water Baptism is a purveyor of grace. Baptism may not save or be part of the salvation experience in the strictest sense, but God gives sacramental grace for the action.
3. Water Baptism is an act of identification. When one decides to follow Christ one publically carries out baptism as a way of identifying with Christ and the church.
The first two of these would focus on baptism as a spiritual ritual. The third would focus on baptism as a symbolic ritual.
The early church practiced two main rituals. These were Baptism and Eucharist (or Lord's Supper). Some Christian groups have added more over the centuries.
There may be other views (especially as one broadens one's definition of Christian), but this is a start.
What else can I help you with?
How many Christians are there in the world that are not baptized?
You can go to church and not be baptized, but to be recognized as a Christian to the church you have to be baptized.
What happens in baptizm church when people get baptized?
When a person accepts Jesus as his personal savior it is customary to show how you are now covered by the blood of Jesus, baptized. When a person is baptized a pastor dips a church member under water and then pulled up. Usually it is said, "Buried with Christ and risen to live with Him." Church membership may be restricted to baptized believers but it is an autonomous church's decision.
When was Fire-Baptized Holiness Church created?
Fire-Baptized Holiness Church was created in 1895.
Where are babies baptized in church?
Babies are baptized at the baptismal font
What ritual did people have to undergo in order to be a member of the early christian church?
They needed to be baptized.
Does a person need to be baptized again if he or she switch over to another religion?
This depends on the rules of the Church into which you switch. If a person is baptized in a Protestant Christian church, and switches to the Catholic Church, he does not have to be baptized again.
If your child is baptized in a C of E church is this recognized within the catholic church for future sacraments?
Yes, the Catholic Church believes in one baptism for the forgiveness of original sin. once baptized in any church they are baptized according to the Catholic Church.
Must a Catholic child be baptized in a Catholic church?
Yes, a Catholic child should be baptized in a Catholic church.
How can you found out where you were baptized at?
If you want to find out where you were baptized you can go ask your parents or go to your church if you actually go to church
Where in the world do most people celebrate Baptism?
It is not the the countries do Baptism but the Christians rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead to purify and or to give admission to the Christian church
How many people were originaly in the episcopal church?
In 2010, the Episcopal Church had a baptized membership of 2,125,012 both inside and outside the United States. In the U.S., it had a baptized membership of 1,951,907, making it the nation's 14th largest denomination.
How is a person received into the Episcopal Church?
He/she first has to be baptized into the church.
