rebaptism
Repeated sacramental washing
Rebaptism is the act of baptizing someone who has already been baptized.
Some Christian denominations reject infant baptism as invalid, requiring adult converts to be baptized again upon profession of faith.
Others consider any prior baptism sufficient and view rebaptism as theologically improper.
The practice has been a point of contention between churches for centuries.
Formal organizational fracture
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heterodoxyUnorthodox belief or opinion
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
excommunication · canon · dogma · polemic · disputation · creed · synod · council
Study of church theology
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
- denominationNamed religious group
justification · regeneration · salvation · ordination · proselytism · catechumen · apostolic · covenant
State of being submerged
- fontCharacter style set
- chrismConsecrated anointing substance
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
liturgy · rite · consecration · ablution · vows · sanctification · aspersion · laying on of hands
Renewed formal commitment
- recommitmentPledging again to something
- spiritual rebirthReligious awakening of self
- conversionAct of changing states
- revivalReturn after decline
reaffirmation · restoration · transformation · born again · awakening · repentance · turning point · reconversion
schism
Formal organizational fracture
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heterodoxyUnorthodox belief or opinion
apostasy · excommunication · canon · dogma · polemic · disputation · creed · synod · council · sectarianism
ecclesiology
Study of church theology
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
denomination · justification · regeneration · salvation · ordination · proselytism · catechumen · apostolic · covenant · grace
immersion
State of being submerged
ceremony · liturgy · rite · consecration · ablution · vows · sanctification · aspersion · laying on of hands · renunciation
rededication
Renewed formal commitment
- recommitmentPledging again to something
- spiritual rebirthReligious awakening of self
- conversionAct of changing states
revival · reaffirmation · restoration · transformation · born again · awakening · repentance · turning point · reconversion · fresh start
- baptismchristening, immersion, pouring, sprinkling, submersion
- AnabaptistsMennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Mennonite, Menno Simons
- sacred riteswedding, funeral, burial, cremation, christening
- religious conversionconvert, christening, born again, saved, profession of faith