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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Baptism by SPRINKLING? Or by DRIPPING? I have never heard of such a practice! Baptism may be validly conferred by dunking/immersion or by pouring. But "sprinkling" or "dripping"? No way! Your question also _assumes_ that baptism by immersion was the original method, quod erat demonstrandum. Cheers, Terrill Heaps ------------------------------------- Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear List members, > I´m trying to find out when and WHERE baptism by sprinkling takes > over from baptism by immersion. I suspect that there are likely to be > regional variations, and am particularly interested in the cooler parts > of Europe - N. Germany and the British Isles, for example. I would > most especially like to find out what the practice was in the Ireland, > and Great Britain in the 9th -11th centuries. > Thanks, > Meg > > > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html