In disagreement with Tertullian and the Bible, Church Father Augustine claimed that baptism removes the stain of original sin and that infants who die unbaptized are damned.
या धारणेमुळेच बाळाचा जन्म होताच लवकरात लवकर त्याला बाप्तिस्मा देण्याची प्रथा सुरू झाली.