All 3 Uses of
baptism
in
Utopia, by Thomas More
- From whichsoever of these motives it might be, true it is, that many of them came over to our religion, and were initiated into it by baptism.†
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- But as two of our number were dead, so none of the four that survived were in priests' orders, we, therefore, could only baptise them, so that, to our great regret, they could not partake of the other sacraments, that can only be administered by priests, but they are instructed concerning them and long most vehemently for them.†
baptise = "spiritually renew" in a Christian ceremony OR initiate or purify by a challenging experienceunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use baptize.
- He being newly baptised did, notwithstanding all that we could say to the contrary, dispute publicly concerning the Christian religion, with more zeal than discretion, and with so much heat, that he not only preferred our worship to theirs, but condemned all their rites as profane, and cried out against all that adhered to them as impious and sacrilegious persons, that were to be damned to everlasting burnings.†
baptised = "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony OR initiated or purified by a challenging experienceunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use baptized.
Definition:
a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
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.
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.