One of my students wrote in her paper on religious life in the Middle
Ages about a pilgrim being rebaptized in the Jordan. I questioned the
theological basis for a second baptism--isn't it forbidden to undergo a
second baptism? if so, when does that prohibition emerge? In any case,
she said that she had, with a group of Catholics, been rebaptized in the
Jordan on a trip there a few years ago. Where does that tradition come
from, does it date back in to the Middle Ages, and would it really have
been seen as a second baptism or refered to in some other way? Dipping
pilgrims in the Jordan makes sense, but I am having trouble with the
theological implications of baptism.
Thanks in advance for any references or sources.
Karen Jolly
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Dr. Karen Jolly
Associate Professor, History
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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