Editing Infant baptism (section)

=== Prayer & anointment ===
Prayers and symbolic anointings mark spiritual preparation. The Roman Catholic rite includes a ''[https://www.bedfordcatholic.org/documents/2015/5/RiteOfBaptism.pdf Prayer of Exorcism and Anointing before Baptism]'', emphasizing purification. Episcopal and Lutheran traditions incorporate ''[http://www.rcdhn.org.uk/formation/pdfdocs2018/Prayer%20for%20Candidates.pdf Prayers for the Candidates]'' and, in Lutheranism, a ''[https://www.bethlehemadelaide.org.au/assets/Uploads/Prayer-of-the-Church-Augsburg-Confession.pdf Prayer of the Church]'' invoking the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]]. While explicit anointing is more prominent in Catholicism (e.g., post-baptismal chrismation), all rites emphasize prayer as a means of spiritual strengthening.<ref name=":2" /> In the Eastern Orthodox rite, multiple exorcisms are performed, and prayers are made for the water to be “the water of redemption, the water of sanctification, the purification of flesh and spirit, the loosing of bonds, the remission of sins, the illumination of the soul, the laver of regeneration, the renewal of the spirit, the gift of adoption to sonship, the garment of incorruption, the fountain of life.”<ref name=":3" />