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| During the late 4th and 5th centuries, Saint Augustine laid the foundations for infant baptism in the Roman Catholic church. According to him, people are born with an affinity for sin and, as descendants of Adam and Eve, share in the guilt of original sin. Saint Augustine stressed the importance of infant baptism, a ceremony in which the child’s head is sprinkled with water to cleanse its soul and prepare it for a life in Christ. This woodcut depicts a priest baptizing a child. | ||||||
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