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Baptising is a sacrament that celebrates or sanctifies the birth of an infant or small child. Some Christian churches practise circumcision as part of baptism, and some groups await baptism until the infant can personally choose to be baptized. Today, most Christians baptize infants by sprinkling them with water. The practice of baptizing infants has been actively discouraged by other Christian denominations due to its uncertainty and because it could encourage one to neglect private confession before God. The first known account is the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river by John the Baptist, which is depicted in many medieval paintings from around 1300 onwards. In the New Testament, Jesus and his apostles did baptize: including: "Jesus answered them, saying: 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth.'" (John 5:19–20). The early followers of Jesus were unable to adopt baptism as a central rite of Christianity. They were traditionally baptized by immersion as a sign of their initiation into the Christian community. This commitment to the bodily element of baptism was a key to understanding Christian origins. As a rule, however, believers adopted the new faith using the normal rites offered by their own community. In 1 Corinthians 15:29–34 Paul preaches that those who have been baptized should continue to do so, as they were promised by Christ at his resurrection. In Mark 16:16–18 Jesus also promised baptisms as a result of his resurrection and asked his followers "And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed them. The earliest Christian baptisms were probably normally by immersion, as described in the Acts of John (2.6–8). However, other modes may have also been used. The Hippolytus of Rome, a third-century theologian, wrote about baptisms for the dead. In the years following Justin Martyr's conversion to Christianity in the 2nd century CE, baptism seemed to be becoming a generally accepted rite among Christians. However, at least some denominations do not view baptism as a requirement for salvation. In his First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 1:14–16) Paul states that Jesus "baptized" him and his followers. In , And his disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. In the early 1st century, there is mention of several groups that practiced baptism, including John the Baptist's group, which was still consideredverse 7 to be a sect within Judaism at that time. Some argue that Matthew and Luke used the term "baptism" to refer to a Christian initiation ritual, but it is unlikely that John's baptism was a cultic ceremony outside of Judaism. Therefore interpret this passage as an allegory rather than a historical event. cfa1e77820
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