All 10 Uses of
baptism
in
Red Prophet
- He shall be covered with the water of baptism as was Jesus himself.†
Chpt 4
- Here Thrower performed a baptism that didn't do a lick of good, and he went strutting around the rest of the day like he had just called a buffalo into a starving village in the dead of winter.†
Chpt 4
- I hope your baptism sets you on the right road—it's plain you've been a long time on the wrong one.
Chpt 4 *baptism = a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- I've got some old trousers and a shirt I don't use anymore, and Eleanor's making me new ones anyway, so I thought, now that you're baptized, you really ought to start dressing like a Christian.†
Chpt 4
- And maybe the baptism would work after all, if he put on White man's clothes.†
Chpt 4
- I've never baptized a Red before, and so I just thoughtlessly used your uncivilized nomenclature.†
Chpt 4
- He knew he would need a new name, if the baptism turned out to work after all.†
Chpt 4
- In short, my dear new-baptized Christian, I would not be surprised if you ended up being a missionary of the gospel yourself.†
Chpt 4
- "I daresay he was somewhat disappointed at the baptism today," said Thrower.†
Chpt 4
- Baptism alone hadn't wakened him from his dream.†
Chpt 4
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.