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Baptism
Baptism Bap"tism, n. [OE. baptim, baptem, OE. baptesme,
batisme, F. bapt[^e]me, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
baptize, fr. ? to dip in water, akin to ? deep, Skr. g[=a]h
to dip, bathe, v. i.]
The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person,
as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is
initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is
performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.
Meaning of Baptism from wikipedia
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Baptism (from Koinē Gr****: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit. 'immersion,
dipping in water') is a
Christian sacrament of
initiation almost invariably...
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Infant baptism (or paedobaptism) is the
practice of
baptizing infants or
young children.
Infant baptism is also
called christening by some
faith traditions...
- The
baptism of Jesus, the
ritual purification of
Jesus with
water by John the Baptist, was a
major event described in the
three synoptic Gospels of the...
- Look up
baptism, baptise, or
baptize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Baptism is a rite of
admission into the
Christian church.
Baptism may also refer...
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distinguished by
baptizing only
professing Christian believers (believer's
baptism) and
doing so by
complete immersion.
Baptist churches generally subscribe...
- The
phrase baptism by fire,
baptism of fire or
baptism with fire is a
Christian theological concept originating from the
words of John the
Baptist in...
- Believer's
baptism or
adult baptism (occasionally
called credobaptism, from the
Latin word
credo meaning "I believe") is the
practice of
baptizing those...
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Baptism for the dead,
vicarious baptism or
proxy baptism today commonly refers to the
religious practice of
baptizing a
person on
behalf of one who is...
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Immersion baptism (also
known as
baptism by
immersion or
baptism by submersion) is a
method of
baptism that is
distinguished from
baptism by affusion...
- Christianity, used
baptism as the
central sacrament of his
messianic movement.
Christians consider Jesus to have
instituted the
sacrament of
baptism. The earliest...
