nless remote matter can not be obtained. "On the other hand it is never allowable to baptize with invalid liquid" (Catholic Encyclopedia). This is what is controversial; it is not allowed to baptize with invalid matter unless valid matter can not be obtained.
             Water is only one matter in which someone is baptized with; there is also a proximate matter. Proximate matter is how a person is baptized with water, such as immersion, infusion, or aspersion. Immersion is when the whole body is dipped in water like a bath. This is the more ancient form of baptizing. In the 13th century infusion and aspersion became more popular, especially in the Western Churches. Infusion would be pouring water onto the body while aspersion is to sprinkle onto body. In the L
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