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affusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | baptism |
Examples of affusion
affusion
The fonts of many Christian denominations are intended for baptisms using a non-immersion method, such as aspersion or affusion.
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Some conditions expressly do not affect validity-for example, whether submersion, immersion, affusion or aspersion is used.
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In the West, this method of baptism began to be replaced by affusion baptism from around the 8th century, but it continues in use in Eastern Christianity.
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This interpretation is debated between those Christian denominations who advocate immersion baptism exclusively and those who practice baptism by affusion or aspersion as well as by immersion.
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- The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
- Affusion (la. affusio) is a method of baptism where water is poured on the head of the person being baptized. The word "affusion" comes from the Latin affusio, meaning "to pour on" . ...
- (Affusions) Are done to the knee, upper, lower, spinal area by pouring on a liquid, as in baptism.
- Hydrotherapy treatment when liquid is poured onto a part of the body.
- N. - pouring liquid on, especially in baptismal ceremony or as medical treatment.
