"Baptismal regeneration" is the Protestant term for the teaching that forgiveness and salvation is dependent on the physical act of baptism. A number of denominations teach that a person must be baptized to be saved, including the [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]] churches. This is in contrast to most [[Protestant]] churches that teach that baptism is a symbolic event and therefore in itself it holds no saving power.
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