Talk:Baptismal font
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edit- More should be added to this page. I don't know enough to do it myself, but it is required. Do you agree? --St91 20:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Immersion
editI have never heard any who believe in immersion of adults use the term "baptismal font"; this is usually used as the Catholics do, referring to a bowl for sprinkling children. The structure for immersing adults is always called a "baptistry." This term should either be added to the page, or should replace the term "baptismal font" in the immersion section. 67.186.21.23 (talk) 22:04, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- Not really. The font is the actual bowl. But the baptistery is the building or structure containing the font. Bytebear (talk) 03:58, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
NerdCubed edit war
editAt 11:28 in this video the youtuber speaks about this page and it's started a minor edit war :P
St Nilo
editThe last image in the gallery was entitled "pic taken by myself accompanied by my Mother that day"! I've looked at the image file which is called "Baptismal Fountain Saint Nilo Orthodix Abbey in Frascati.jpg" and has the note "the abbety just celeb1000 years". There is no St. Nilo listed in Wiki, but there is a St. Nilus the Younger. According to Wiki: "Nilus' chief work was the foundation in 1004 of the famous Greek monastery of Grottaferrata" so the thousand years makes sense. The Grottaferrata page states that: "In the interior is a baptismal font supported on winged lions, of the tenth or eleventh centuries", which agrees with the photo. The abbey follows the Rite of St. Basil and is a centre of Greek learning so although I suspect it is not actually Greek Orthodox it would have a Greek appearance to a visitor. I have therefore tentatively changed the illustration's description from pic taken by myself accompanied by my Mother that day to Baptismal Font in the Basilian Monastery of Santa Maria, Grottaferrata near Frascati, Italy. If anyone can check and confirm this please do so. Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:35, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
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