Early Christians found the baptism of Jesus troubling. Why, they asked, was the sinless one baptised, if, as the gospel says, baptism was for the forgiveness of sins? Very soon, however ...

Badia's The Qumran Baptism and John the Baptist's Baptism ... sets Qumran in its social and religious context. *For the complete text of the Manual of Discipline, see Geza Vermes' The Complete ...

The document goes on to say that the sacrament of baptism has an indelible character regardless of the state of sin of the person receiving it. Pope Francis has repeatedly held throughout his ...

Practiced by all Churches, baptism is a fundamental rite marking the entry into Christian life. While the majority are still given to young children, Catholics celebrate adult baptisms annually on ...

There are witnesses present and a proper record is kept, although the ceremony does not make the person for whom the baptism is performed a Mormon. Confirmation and higher ordinances can also be ...