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According to Christian doctrine, baptism is the ritual removal of original sin, and without it, salvation cannot be achieved (original sin dooms people to death from the time of the forefather Adam).
In the early Middle Ages, mainly adults were baptized, who consciously joined the Christian community, but in the High Middle Ages, younger children also began to be baptized. If a child died prematurely (i.e., unbaptized), their soul could not enter heaven, nor could their body be buried in consecrated ground.
Baptisms took place mainly on church holidays (especially Easter), and special baptismal fonts – baptisteries – were established for this purpose at churches.
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