All 3 Uses of
baptism
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- He's not going out in bluey specs with the sweat rolling off him to baptise blacks, is he?†
Chpt 5 *
- Father Conmee thought of the souls of black and brown and yellow men and of his sermon on saint Peter Claver S.J. and the African mission and of the propagation of the faith and of the millions of black and brown and yellow souls that had not received the baptism of water when their last hour came like a thief in the night.†
Chpt 10
- Had Bloom and Stephen been baptised, and where and by whom, cleric or layman?†
Chpt 17
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.