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Church Admission
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[German Version]

In areas where children are traditionally baptized shortly after birth, and where baptism is still effectively coterminous with social location, admission to the church is regarded as self-evident. Churches requiring so-called “believer's baptism” (or “credobaptism”) have also developed routines for church admission, for example in the form of blessing and presentation ceremonies or of a customary age for baptism, often without awareness of the attendant theological problems. Admi…

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Grethlein, Christian, “Church Admission”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_01283>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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