Baptism

Baptism is any water purification ritual practiced in any of various religions including Christianity, Mandaeanism, and Sikhism, and has its origins with the Jewish ritual of mikvah. The word baptize derives from the Greek word βάπτειν (the infinitive; also listed as the 1st person singular present active indicative βαπτίζω), which loosely means "to dip, bathe, or wash". To some groups it is a matter of religious conviction to assert that baptism is precisely equivalent to, to plunge something entirely into th ...

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Baptism: Encyclopedia II - Baptism - Other baptisms Baptism - Non-christian religions. Although baptism as a rite, is Christian, many cultures practice or have practiced rites similar to baptism, including the ancient Egyptian, the Hebraic/Jewish, the Babylonian, the Mayan and the Japanese cultures. In some, such evidence may be archaeological and descriptive in nature, rather than a modern practice. Mandaeans, who abhor Jesus and Moses as false prophets, revere John the Baptist and practice frequent baptism. The Sikh baptis ...

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Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism of Jesus

The Baptism of Jesus is the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. The event is an important moment in the New Testament and is the foundation of the Christian baptism rituals. In the New Testament the baptism of Jesus is covered in Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 3:21-Luke 3:22, and John 1:29-34. The basic outline in all three synoptics Gospels is the same. They all begin by introducing the figure of John the Baptist and describing his preaching and his ritual of baptism. Jesus comes to the Jordan River and is there baptized, and after the baptism occurs the heavens open and God pronounces that Jesus is ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism for the dead

Baptism for the dead by proxy (or "vicarious baptism") is an ordinance practiced by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (and schism churches), the Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran, some of the Neo-Apostolic congregations of Europe, and some Native American religions. Although all the mentioned religious groups practice baptism for the dead to some extent, the term "baptism for the dead" is used almost exclusively in reference to the ordinance pr ...

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Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptismal font

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for the baptism of children and adults. It is typically intended for baptisms using a non-immersion method. The simplest of fonts has a pedestal (about 1.5 metres tall) with a holder for a basin of water. The materials vary greatly consisting of carved and sculpted marble, wood, or metal. The shape can vary. Many are 8-sided as a reminder of the "new creation" and as a connection to the practice of circumcision which traditionally occurs on the 8th day. Some are 3-sided as ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism by desire

Baptism by desire (latin Baptismus Flaminis) is primarily a Roman Catholic teaching which asserts that those who desire baptism, but are not baptized with water through the Christian ritual because of death, nevertheless bring about the fruits of Baptism. Hence, the Catechism of the Catholic Church observes, "For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they we ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Conditional baptism

Roman Catholic dogma holds that it is a grave sin to baptize a person who has already been baptized. In case of uncertainty about whether a person has been baptized, that person may be baptized conditionally. Such uncertainty may result from questions about whether a church from which someone is converting to Catholicism baptizes in a valid manner. For some Protestant denominations, Catholics do not raise such questions. The Catholic Church has said that the validity of baptisms in Mormon churches and those of some other communions is ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism of the Lord

The Baptism of the Lord is the name of a feast day observed in the Roman Catholic Church. The feast commemorates the baptism of Jesus by St. John the Baptist. From 1970 to the present, in every country except the United States, the Baptism of the Lord has been celebrated on the first Sunday after the Epiphany, or January 6 (prior to that year the Feast of the Holy Family was observed on this Sunday; since then the latter has been marked on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year's Day, or December 30 in years where both Chris ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism of Kievan Rus'

The baptism of Kiev most likely occurred in 988, when the Prince Vladimir I of Rus exhorted the residents of the capital city Kiev to the Dnieper river for baptism. This mass baptism became the iconic inaugural event in the forced Christianization of the state of Kievan Rus'. It was preceded by Vladimir's personal baptism in the city of Korsun, or Chersones, in Crimea. Legend says that at first Vladimir baptised his 12 sons and many boyars. He destroyed the wooden statues of Slavic pagan gods that stood on the hill by Vladimir' ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism of the Holy Spirit

In Christian Pentecostal theology, Baptism with the Holy Spirit is a second baptism, "in fire," spoken of by Jesus in the Gospels. Specifically, it refers to the experience of Pentecost described in the Book of Acts. In most mainstream Christian churches, Pentecost is seen as a single act that spread out the Holy Spirit or paraclete onto all believers. Individuals thereafter might or might not have similar experiences, but the single event of Pentecost itself was sufficient for all time and t ...

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Baptism: Encyclopedia - Baptism on the line

Baptism on the line, also called equatorial baptism, is an initiation ritual sometimes performed as a ship crosses the equator, involving water baptism of passengers or crew who have never crossed the equator before. The ceremony is sometimes explained as being an initiation into the court of King Neptune. The ritual is the subject of a painting by Matthew Benedict named The Mariner's Baptism, and of a 1961 book by Henning Henningsen named Crossing the Equator: Sail ...

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Believers baptism

Believer's baptism (also called credobaptism) is the Christian ritual of baptism as given only to adults and children who have made a declaration of faith in Jesus as their personal savior, because he died for their sins, and was resurrected by the power of God the Father. Whereas Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and a number of Protestant churches baptize infant children of believers (see pedobaptism), believer's baptism is administered only to persons who have passed the age of accountability or reason, which is ...

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Believers baptism - Theological objections

Baptism: Encyclopedia - Catholic sacraments

The practice of the Roman Catholic Church includes seven sacraments. As defined by Catholics, a sacrament is a material and spoken action which confers divine grace upon a person, especially what is called sanctifying grace. There are seven sacraments: Baptism Penance and Reconciliation (informally called Confession) Eucharist (informally called Communion) ...

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