Modes of Baptism and the Catholic Church

DAY 308 CHALLENGE “The only legitimate way to baptize is immersion.” DEFENSE There is more than one mode by which baptism can be performed. Different groups of Christians have baptized using three methods: imimmersion (dunking), affusion (pouring), and aspersion (sprinkling). There is misinformation in some circles about which the Catholic Church uses, with the claim being that it uses sprinkling and not immersion. However, Catholics do not use sprinkling, and they do use immersion. In fact, the Church acknowledges immersion as the most expressive way of administering baptism. The Cate...