My “baptism” as a Lutheran infant won’t count with the Orthodox Church so I will need to be baptized. Lutherans sprinkle infants during baptism. They do not practice full body immersion.
They reject immersion as a mode of baptism for infants. LCMS – FAQs about Doctrine. The site quotes the Didache in a lazy and sloppy manner. Here’s the entire quote from the Didache:
Didache CHAPTER 7
7:1 But concerning baptism, thus baptize ye: having first recited all these precepts, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in running water;7:2 but if thou hast not running water, baptize in some other water, and if thou canst not baptize in cold, in warm water;
7:3 but if thou hast neither, pour water three times on the head, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
7:4 But before the baptism, let him who baptizeth and him who is baptized fast previously, and any others who may be able. And thou shalt command him who is baptized to fast one or two days before.
Orthodox Church Infant Baptism
The Orthodox Church fully immerses infants three times in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, (Infant Baptism in Orthodoxy: Faith, Grace & Community).
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