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Deathbed baptisms are documented. Look at Emperor Valentinian II in 392 AD or even St. Ambrose’s writings praising it.
>baptism as a “public declaration”
Baptism is a sacrament of grace, not a press conference. Early Church Fathers like Origen and Cyprian endorsed delayed baptism for purity. Calling it “face-saving nonsense” proves nothing.
