Water makes up most of our body, carefully encapsulated within our cells. ... The waters of baptism remain as a constant symbol of the renewal that is both needed and offered within the church.

Holy water is put on baptised people by a church leader as a symbol of being cleansed and made ready for a new life for God. We see how baptism is different for different types of Christians.

The water of baptism is the foremost symbol of the paschal mystery. Water cleans the body and, in baptism, the unseen soul, taking away original sin and infusing the baptized with grace.

After reading an article in the media entitled “All baptized Christians are born again”, I thought it expedient to share my views on the same subject.

The second symbol of the Easter Vigil – the night of Baptism – is water. It appears in Sacred Scripture, and hence also in the inner structure of the Sacrament of Baptism, with two opposed ...

These passages reinforce that the symbols of water, light and life are essential to the spiritual journey. The goal of this Lenten path is restoration between God and his creation.

But on Sunday, church members said the water in the street was holy, a symbol of faith and rebirth. Advertisement The predominantly African American church held the mass baptism as part of its ...

The theme of the event, “Take Me to the Water: A baptismal pedagogy for antiracist theological education”, was baptism as the ...

Baptism is a core Christian tradition dating back to the earliest days of the church. Depending on one’s theology, the ritual is a component of salvation or a symbol of it. Facilities tend to ...

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in ...