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Baptism and confirmation together is the norm for teens and adults. There is no age limit to be baptized, but after the age of 7 the child must essentially choose to be baptized and be formed in the faith through what is called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Children. Can you baptize an older …
Martin Luther, a 16th-century monk and theologian, was one of the most significant figures in Christian history. His beliefs helped birth the Reformation—which would give rise to Protestantism as the third major force within Christendom, alongside Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Did Martin Luther start the Reformation? The Protestant Reformation that began with Martin Luther …
When did Martin Luther get married? On 13 June 1525, forty-one-year-old Martin Luther married twenty-six-year old Katharina von Bora. Katharina was given to the Church at a young age. By her early twenties, she and several other nuns in the Marienthron convent were familiar with Luther’s teachings and wished to practice them. Why did Luther …
In the Gospel of John, John the Baptist explicitly denies being Elijah. In the annunciation narrative in Luke, an angel appears to Zechariah, John’s father, and tells him that John “will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,” and that he will go forth “in the spirit and power of …