Baptism in the Early Church: Part 2

HOW THE EARLY CHURCH BAPTIZED Of the five existing apostolic churches, three baptize by, or prefer, immersion.  The Roman Catholic and Syrian Orthodox Churches baptize by affusion.  However, the Syrian Orthodox Church calls immersion an “old practice” it used to perform.[1]  And so, historically, the apostolic churches prefer to perform baptism by immersion.  However, what […]