Method of baptizing

[riverman]

*I found this on another web site. IS this true? I still feel all my children have been properly baptized even if they only had *
*holy Water poured over thier foreheads! *

the Baptist church I used to go to did full body submersion for baptisms. Yes, that’s why we’re called Baptists. It’s what the word means: (Mirriam Webseter: Etymology: Middle English, from Old French baptiser, from Late Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein to dip, baptize, from baptein to dip, dye; akin to Old Norse kvefja to quench transitive senses.) Originally a very common word meaning according to some references ‘to dunk’. It’s what housewives did to clean their plates after a meal (baptized them in the dishwater) and it’s what you did with a piece of white wool you wanted to turn purple (baptized it in purple dye.)

Why full immersion? Because Christian Baptism (in our view and practice) is a pantomime: a physical demonstration of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Got a dead body, you put it under the ground.

 

[Deacon_Ed]

While it is certainly true that baptism by immersion is considered the fullest sign of the action of baptism joining one to the death and resurrection of Jesus, it is equally true that baptism by immersion is just as valid. You see, this is not a play or pantomime – it is the sacramental action of Jesus Himself!

Deacon Ed

 

[Brendan]

Here is an excerpt from the Didache, an early instruction manual on how to be a Christian. It was written about A.D. 140 and was translated into many languages by the early Church.

In other words, this a historical document on how the Early Church baptized people

7:1 But concerning baptism, thus baptize ye: having first recited all these precepts, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in running water;

7:2 but if thou hast not running water, baptize in some other water, and if thou canst not baptize in cold, in warm water;

7:3 but if thou hast neither, pour water three times on the head, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

So if the Early Church considered Baptism by pouring to be effective, who are we to say different.

 

[GoLatin]

Brendan:

Here is an excerpt from the Didache, an early instruction manual on how to be a Christian. It was written about A.D. 140 and was translated into many languages by the early Church.

In other words, this a historical document on how the Early Church baptized people

So if the Early Church considered Baptism by pouring to be effective, who are we to say different.

Amen to that!