Why does the Orthodox Church consider that people should be baptised in early childhood ? How do they see the concept of being "born again" and accepting Jesus?
2007-04-20 08:27:20 · 3 answers · asked by insight.5419 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To my knowledge, only Catholics put any emphasis on baptism in early childhood. I'm a Christian but not a Catholic. The Bible teaches that to be born again you must accept that Jesus is God and that He died for you on the cross. THEN, as an expression of obedience, you are supposed to be baptised. This is just an outward expression that you have been saved. Baptism does not save you.
2007-04-20 08:35:01 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are born again in Baptism. The idea of being 'born again' as just accepting Jesus as your personal savior came 1500 years after the start of the Christian church. The Eastern Orthodox church is the oldest Christian church on earth. Their theology and practice has never changed from the beginning. Rome tried to change some things and broke away from the Orthodox in 1054. Later other churches started up as a defiant response to the Roman church. The father you get from the original the farther you get from the truth path. If you look to the Orthodox for the true teachings you can never go wrong. I suggest this book: The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware.
It might interest you to know that the Orthodox do baptize babies and they do it by full immersion. And the baby can take communion on a little spoon from then on.
I am an Episcopalian.
2007-04-20 15:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
every church has it's way,and Jesus is the way.
2007-04-20 15:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by parkituse j 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋