Even as I was starting to appreciate ancient Catholic doctrines, there remained this thing about Baptism. I believed strongly Anabaptist theology (Believer’s Baptism), that one must be old enough and aware enough to know what they are doing. They must be believers themselves, desire the experience, and request the experience. In addition, Baptism was something that we did as a sign of what had already happened inside. There was nothing about the water that saved us. It was simply an act of obedience, symbolic only.
I’ve heard other arguments for infant baptism and for Baptism being a sacrament. But, never got on board.
Then I read this from St. Hildegard and in an instant, my theology shifted: Continue reading
