the Catholic Church. This was the keeper of much of scripture for hundreds of years. The Catholic and Orthodox Church share a common history, due to the fact that they where the same group for a goodly period of time, and therefore a natural commonality of practices. These two denominations have practiced infant baptism for hundreds of years and both state it as required for assurance of salvation. In their defenses though they do make the statement that confirmation is the second step of baptism and this is when the baptism is complete. This is a nice way of combining two traditions that they hold to, but it still states that it is required for salvation. For them it is a matter of Faith and Morals. These two denominations are not alone, standing with them in this practice are the Lutheran Denominations, both the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and the Missouri Synod. These two denominations hold common ancestry as well, and both are born out of the Roman Catholic. The United Church Of Christ and The Congregational Church are two more denominations that have joined forces and practice infant baptism. The concern here though should not be over baptism but over the belief in who you are being baptized in. As a matter of doctrine these denominations do not hold to Trinitarian Doctrine and there for have larger problems. The United Methodist, Evangelical Free Church, and the Episcopal Church are others who practice infant baptism. This is by no means an exhaustive list just one to show how many groups there are that are practicing infant baptism and some how tied it to salvation. On the other side of the coin are the churches that practice Adult immersion Baptism, these being the many different Baptist churches such as; The General Assemble of Regular Baptist, The American Baptist, The Southern Baptist, and the North American Baptist. We also have the Assembly of God churches, the Free Methodist churches, Church Of God. All who pra...
