Twenty-eight years ago, the Rev. Gregory Hughes, pastor of True Life Ministries, accepted a friend’s invitation to travel to ...

Like Moses striking the rock and water pouring out, Father John Mbua Mwandi of the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya, said the ...

The Roman Catholic Church traces its origin to the apostles and specifically to Peter. They are by far the largest ...

A Catholic church ... ‘I baptize you with water, but one is coming who is mightier than I, and he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’ John’s baptism cannot give the Spirit.” ...

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

According to figures from the Catholic ... and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Baptism likely originated from earlier ritual practices. Forms of purification by water existed in ancient ...

At this 7 p.m. evening Mass at St. Mary’s, the Catholic Church celebrates the Institution of the Holy ... blessing of water and the renewal of baptismal promises, along with the baptism of ...

Recently, a Catholic priest addressed one such curiosity ... According to Leonard Hattingh, a church minister, water is blessed for holy acts such as holy baptism, which allows the Trinity to be ...

In the Catholic Church, baptism is considered a sacrament ... They also emphasize the connection between water baptism and baptism in the Holy Spirit. Non-denominational and Evangelical churches ...

In Catholic Customs and Traditions: A Popular Guide, author Greg Dues teaches, “Taking Holy water before entering church is a way of remembering one’s baptism with a hint of purifying oneself before ...

He came walking on the water to calm the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Ritual washings were required for the Jewish people before entering the temple; and, of course, this prefigured baptism. In the ...

Filipino celebrities, including (L-R)Catriona Gray, Dominic Roque, Marco Gumabao, and Cristine Reyes, publicly declared their Christian faith through a water-baptism ceremony conducted ... As a former ...