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The 39 pages that link to Baptism, each with the reason it gives.

• RitualBroader topic: It marks entry into a religious community through an established sequence.

• Early ChristianityRelated: Baptism marked entry into the expanding communities.

• ChristianityRelated: Christian communities use it to mark belonging, conversion, or covenant.

• Religious conversionBroader topic: For many Christians, baptism makes conversion visible through a formal rite.

• Original sinRelated: Many traditions understand baptism as addressing original sin or its effects.

• TrinityRelated: Many churches baptize with a formula naming the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• Christian liturgyBroader topic: Its words and actions make a foundational Christian commitment ritual.

• Christianization of ScandinaviaRelated: Royal and communal baptisms publicly marked conversion, though not necessarily personal conviction.

• SacramentBroader topic: It is widely recognized as a sacrament and marks initiation into Christian life.

• Grace in ChristianityBroader topic: Churches differ on how baptism relates to receiving, signifying, or participating in grace.

• Believer's baptismNarrower topic: Believer's baptism is one way Christians understand and practice this broader rite.

• John the BaptistNarrower topic: John's defining public act was a distinctive baptism associated with repentance.

• DidacheRelated: The Didache gives practical directions for performing baptism.

• Christianity in JapanRelated: Lay baptism could sustain community membership when ordained clergy were absent.

• Laying on of handsCompared with: Baptism is a distinct initiation rite, though some churches add laying on of hands afterward.

• CatechesisRelated: Preparation for baptism is one of catechesis’s central settings.

• Forced conversionRelated: Authorities have sometimes imposed baptism as a public marker of conversion.

• LentRelated: Lent can renew reflection on baptism, while some churches baptize converts at Easter.

• Salvation in ChristianityRelated: Churches connect baptism with forgiveness, incorporation into Christ, or the beginning of Christian life.

• ChristianizationRelated: Baptism publicly marked entry into Christian communities, though belief and practice could change more slowly.

• SalvationRelated: Churches differ on how baptism relates to forgiveness, new life, and entry into salvation.

• Christianization of EuropeRelated: Baptism marked individual and collective entry into Christian communities.

• Sacramental theologyBroader topic: Theories of grace shape whether baptism is understood as regeneration, covenant sign, or public confession.

• Apostles' CreedRelated: The creed developed in connection with the questions and profession of faith used in baptism.

• Altar callCompared with: Unlike an altar call, baptism is a rite with established sacramental or ecclesial significance.

• Christianization of the FranksNarrower topic: Clovis’s baptism made a personal ritual carry exceptional political and historical weight.

• Great CommissionRelated: Baptizing the nations is one of the commission’s explicit actions.

• First Epistle of PeterRelated: The letter connects baptism with salvation and a clear conscience.

• HaraeCompared with: Baptism shares purification symbolism but belongs to a different religious framework.

• Menno SimonsRelated: Believer’s baptism became a defining practice for the communities Simons helped lead.

• Saint PatrickRelated: Patrick’s letter describes converts who had received baptism through his mission.

• ChurchRelated: Churches commonly host baptism as a public act of Christian belonging.

• Epistle to the ColossiansRelated: Colossians describes believers as buried and raised with Christ through baptism.

• ChristiansRelated: Many churches use baptism to mark incorporation into Christian community.

• Church serviceBroader topic: Church services often include baptism to welcome new members into Christian life.

• Cyril of JerusalemRelated: Cyril’s mystagogical lectures explain the baptismal rites his newly initiated listeners had experienced.

• Free Will BaptistNarrower topic: The tradition is Baptist: believer’s baptism by immersion marks its church identity.

• KimbanguismRelated: Baptism is among the Christian practices maintained in Kimbanguist worship.

• Sinner’s prayerCompared with: Many churches treat baptism, rather than the prayer, as the public rite of initiation.