1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the ...

"You were part of the largest water baptism in American history," Francey told the crowd ... Francey baptized her in the Pacific Ocean, saying, "We pray that you would rise up out of these waters with ...

Baptism likely originated from earlier ritual practices. Forms of purification by water existed in ancient Judaism, for example, in the mikveh, a "purification bath." During Jesus's time ...

The “saving water” of baptism brings about a “reconciled heart ... Our “offenses are blotted out” and “there is reconciliation made with Heaven.” It’s “the well-spring of ...

The water can represent coming clean to God and ... "in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit." We find out about baptism and what it means to young Christians. Baptism is a ceremony ...

We cannot approach him on our own merits, since we have none. It is only by claiming the identity given to us in our baptism and making our prayers in Jesus Christ, that they become pleasing and ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Jesus has begun to pray after his baptism, without being told by anyone to do so. It looks like a natural and instinctive response to that water baptism. The water baptism is separately (and, for now, ...