And first it is necessary to speak your love about the latter, so that we might learn about the former. There was a Jewish baptism, which cleansed from bodily impurities, but not to remove sins. Thus, ...

what we might call personal piety among some Jewish groups. This seems to be what's going on in the Essene group. And it may also be what's reflected in the story of John, who practices baptism.

He did this through telling people to repent as the Kingdom of Heaven was near. Baptism was a Jewish ritual – people were totally immersed in water to symbolise cleansing. John’s baptism was a ...

Jan. 12, is the Baptism of the Lord Sunday in the Christian calendar. We will have a baptism during this service and hear testimonies from our Holy Land team ...

In Judaism, the infant is circumcised before it has a faith of its own to symbolise that it belongs to the Jewish people. In the same way, baptism of an infant occurs before the infant has a faith ...