All 10 Uses of
baptism
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- If a layman in giving baptism pour the water before saying the words is the child baptized?†
Chpt 3
- If a layman in giving baptism pour the water before saying the words is the child baptized?†
Chpt 3
- Is baptism with a mineral water valid?†
Chpt 3
- He went from country to country in the east, from Africa to India, from India to Japan, baptizing the people.†
Chpt 3 *
- He is said to have baptized as many as ten thousand idolaters in one month.†
Chpt 3
- It is said that his right arm had grown powerless from having been raised so often over the heads of those whom he baptized.†
Chpt 3
- As the waters of baptism cleanse the soul with the body, so do the fires of punishment torture the spirit with the flesh.†
Chpt 3
- —Very well, then, Temple continued, still addressing Glynn, and if Jesus suffered the children to come why does the church send them all to hell if they die unbaptized?†
Chpt 5
- —Were you baptized yourself, Temple? the consumptive student asked.†
Chpt 5
- —Saint Augustine says that about unbaptized children going to hell, Temple answered, because he was a cruel old sinner too.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(baptism) a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifieseditor's notes: Most churches baptize infants, but some require an adult to request baptism, and a few (such as the Quakers) require no baptism at all.
Typically, water is used as part of the ceremony, such as sprinkling a little water on a baby's head; though some churches use complete submersion in water.