Talk:Oblivantsy

'Oblivantsy (from обливанцы) were Old Believers who practised the baptism by sprinkling the water, as in Catholic Church...')


 * Please do forgive me for saying this, but this must be some misunderstanding. It sounds like stating "Some vegetarians do eat meat."

There are no Old Believers who practised of practise baptism by sprinkling. Moreover, this it one of most fundamental issues that sets them apart from the new ritualists and all other (less traditional) Christians! "Oblivantsy" is quite the opposite of "Old Believers."

The Russian Orthodox Church started recognizing baptism by sprinkling because... Peter the Great wanted her to do so. He wanted to make the conversion into Orthodoxy easier for Roman Catholics and Lutherans. After the Bolshevist Revolution of 1917 the Russisan Orthodox Church started to baptize also by sprinkling.

Until 1917 this issue remained a cause for arguments with the Greek, who then did not recognize baptism by sprinkling either. Now they do, as far as I know. Vasilij 16:56, 5 October 2007 (UTC)