Baptism In Christianity, baptism (Greek, "immersing", "performing ablutions")Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the sacramental act of cleansing in water that admits one as a full member of the Church. The majority of Christians, including Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Methodists are baptized as infants. Baptism
Cologne Cologne (, ; local dialect: Kölle ) is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 38 BC. Cologne
Ricolf RicolfRikulf, Riculf, Riculfus, Richolfus, Ricolfus, Racholfus, Riculphus, Ricvulfus. was bishop of Cologne in the eighth century, from 763 to 784Imperial Archbishops. Ricolf
St. Maria ad Gradus St. Maria ad Gradus ("Our Lady of the Steps", also colloquially called Mariengraden in German language) is the name of a former church located East of the Cathedral of Cologne, Germany, situated between the cathedral and the Rhine. St._Maria_ad_Gradus