Ok serious question, Christians of Bsky:
Both Jewish and Muslim authorities throughout history questioned whether women could wear braids during mikveh/ghusl, because the plaits may mean water doesn't touch every little bit of hair.
Do any of you care about this for baptism *at all*?
Both Jewish and Muslim authorities throughout history questioned whether women could wear braids during mikveh/ghusl, because the plaits may mean water doesn't touch every little bit of hair.
Do any of you care about this for baptism *at all*?
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That means taking out braids
I have seen a lot of focus on a simple white gown and as little accessories as possible, because the idea is the person is reborn in the water, and it should be just them.
Of course there are thousands of Anabaptist groups who differentiate practice in various ways so there might be something somewhere- but never heard this.
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You'd have to ask somebody with thorough depth of understanding practice at that time if anything existed - I was just an undergrad in that field 2/2
I was baptized late, at age 10, at the behest of grandparents... and the only part that got wet were my bangs/fringe.
Mormons & evangelicals may have specific rules.
... but priests were baptizing via water gun during peak 2020 isolation, so I doubt they'd object to braids
e.g. Lent is 40 days, no meat and a host of other prohibitions, one meal a day
But it would be good to ask *Baptists, specifically* if they do. (Though while they do immerse fully, often in loose clothing, they do not immerse unclothed.)
Christian baptism is very different, I think. It really is a fast dunk!