Ablution - Ablution in the Bahá'í Faith

Ablution may refer to the practice of removing sins, diseases or earthly defilements through the use of ritual washing, or the practice of using ritual washing as one part of a ceremony to remove sin or disease. Ablution - Ablution in the Hebrew Bible. Israelites in the Hebrew Bible did not believe that ablution could literally wash away sin or disease. However, they did believe that God commanded them to use certain ablution ceremonies in a number of circumstances. When a person was initiated ...

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The Christian practices of baptism and foot-washing are instances of ablution. Pilate declared himself innocent of the blood of Jesus by washing his hands (Matt. 27:24). This act of Pilate may not, however, have been borrowed from the custom of the Jews. The same practice was common among the Greeks and Romans. The Pharisees carried the practice of ablution to great excess, thereby claiming extraordinary purity (Matt. 23:25). Mark (7:1-5) refers to the ceremonial ablutions. The Pharisees washed their hands "oft," more correctly ...

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