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A family Bible is a Bible handed down through a Christian family, with each successive generation recording information about the family's history inside of it. Typically, this information consists of births, deaths, baptisms, confirmations and marriages; family Bibles contain a "family record" or "family registry" section to record this ...
The baptismal registers were to include child's name, seniority (e.g. first son), father's name, profession, place of abode and descent (i.e. names, professions and places of abode of the father's parents), similar information about the mother, and mother's parents, the infant's date of birth and baptism.
The Creed of Jerusalem is a baptismal formula used by early Christians to confess their faith. Some authors (like Philip Schaff) believed that it was one of the sources of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, drawn up at the First Council of Constantinople in 381 [1] and date it to 350 AD. In the original form, given by Cyril of Jerusalem, it says:
Baptism is an ordinance performed upon adults in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is a commitment to live Christ's teachings responsibly and joyfully. Immersion only No Yes Trinity Calvary Chapel [288] Baptism is disregarded as necessary for salvation but instead recognizes as an outward sign of an inward change Immersion only No No
Mark, Matthew, and Luke depict the baptism in parallel passages. In all three gospels, the Spirit of God — the Holy Spirit in Luke, "the Spirit" in Mark, and "the Spirit of God" in Matthew — is depicted as descending upon Jesus immediately after his baptism accompanied by a voice from Heaven, but the accounts of Luke and Mark record the voice as addressing Jesus by saying "You are my ...
Di Berardino describes the baptism of the New Testament era as generally requiring total immersion, [85] Tischler says that total immersion seems to have been most commonly used, [86] and Lang says "Baptism in the Bible was by immersion, that is, the person went fully under the waters". [87] Sookey says it is "almost certain" that immersion was ...
Christian baptismal theology prior to the Reformation taught that sacraments, including baptism, are means or instruments through which God communicates grace to people. [1] The sacrament was considered valid regardless of who administered it. [2] Not everyone who received a sacrament, however, received the grace signified by the sacrament.
Old, Hughes Oliphant (1992), The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, ISBN 978-0-8028-2489-9. Riggs, John W. (2002). Baptism in the Reformed Tradition: A Historical and Practical Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-21966-7.