The entry into a religious community is suposed to be a matter of free choice. In the thesis, I have observed whether this is true. Many members of religious organizations become members at birth and the doctrine that justifies children's initiation plays an important role one way or another. Christianity has changed greatly over the centuries. Relative rituals were also the subject of dispute. The question of entry into the faith in Christianity has been a subject of dispute since the antiquity. At the heart of this dispute are defenders of pedobaptism and credobaptism. Opinions about the appropriate time for a human to receive his or her baptism differ in modern Christian churches. In the thesis, I presented the baptismal ideology of the Catholic Church, which gained the most members among all Christian churches in this way. I also highlight the historical and contemporary religious and non-religious critiques of infant baptism, especially the critique of Tertullian, Karl Barth, and Vlado Began. In doing so, I note that infant baptism is also followed by a mismatch between belief and formal affiliation.
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