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John The Baptist Greek World
1,623 wordsFor hundreds of years baptism has been a large part of many different religions. Although throughout history, and throughout many religions, the practice might have differed, but the meaning and the symbolism has remained relatively the same. The word baptism came from the Greek noun bastion, meaning, the dipping or washing. Less commonly used, baptisms, stemmed from the verb bath, meaning, to dip or immerse. This act of washing or immersion started with the Greeks and was later practiced by oth...
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Roman Catholic Church Kingdom Of Heaven
1,550 wordsWater Baptism Roman Catholic Church practices seven sacraments, and Baptism is by far one of the most important of them. The reason for this is that Holy Baptism in the Catholic Church is the door of spiritual life; for it we are made members of Christ and incorporated with the Church. And since through the first man death entered into all, unless we be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, we can not enter into the kingdom of Heaven (Williams, 1988). Therefore, since Catholics believe that th...
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