medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Madeleine Gray wrote:
>
> What about the baptism of infants - at what point does sprinkling become the
> preferred option? I've always assumed it had something to do with sprinkling
> for very sickly infants in danger of death and that it then became more
> popular generally but I don't have evidence either way.
It was more a concern as to what the infant might do to pollute the font...
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John Briggs
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