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Zwingli identified baptism and the Lord's supper as sacraments, but in the sense of an initiatory ceremony. [27] Awaiting submersion baptism in the Jordan River. Anabaptists (a word that means "rebaptizers") rejected so thoroughly the tradition maintained by Lutherans as well as Catholics that they denied the validity of baptism outside their ...
Although the term "baptism" is not today used to describe the Jewish rituals (in contrast to New Testament times, when the Greek word baptismos did indicate Jewish ablutions or rites of purification), [1] [2] the purification rites (or mikvah—ritual immersion) in Jewish law and tradition are similar to baptism, and the two have been linked.
The English word baptism is derived indirectly through Latin from the neuter Greek concept noun báptisma (Greek βάπτισμα, ' washing, dipping '), [b] [32] which is a neologism in the New Testament derived from the masculine Greek noun baptismós (βαπτισμός), a term for ritual washing in Greek language texts of Hellenistic ...
The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: 19: Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Whereas, other versions say "into the name" (e.g., the American Standard Version (ASV)) or say "to the name" (e.g., a Young's Literal Translation (YLT)). [a]
If there is doubt about this, conditional baptism is administered. While the root of the word "baptize" can mean "to immerse", the word is used in the New Testament also of a mere partial washing . Nevertheless, some Christian denominations have taught that baptism not only by aspersion but even by affusion is invalid.
The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in the history of the early Christian church, along with the conversion and baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch. The Christian church was first formed around the original disciples and followers of Jesus, all of whom—including Jesus—were Galilean, except for Judas who was Judean.
Because had the Lord alone been baptized by John, there would not have lacked who should insist that John's baptism was greater than Christ's, inasmuch as Christ alone had the merit to be baptized by it. [10] Rabanus Maurus: Or, by this sign of baptism he separates the penitent from the impenitent, and directs them to the baptism of Christ. [10]
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