REL 2120 Study Guide - Agobard, Catechumen, Cantonist
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In 418, the first known instance of forced baptism occurred in. He basically said if they were ready to convert to come with him, and if not then they must depart. About 500 jews chose to convert, but the jews that didn"t convert left for marseilles: children were a special problem; at what age does a child deem competent to make a willing decision to convert? e. Conditional willingness. : cannot renounce baptism after the fact no matter what threat was used, as late as 1747, pope benedict xiv ruled that once a child has been baptized illegally, that child is still continued a christian. This lead to tons of violence. i. j. In 1762 in carpentras, france the son of a rabbi was captured outside of the city and baptized in ditch water. He was never allowed to see his family again.
