Pastor gears up for potentially historic mass baptism: ‘God can do anything’
A California pastor is on a mission to hold the biggest mass baptism in world history. Mark Francey of Oceans Church in San ...
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The testimony of water
Baptism manifests that promise, made as real as the people who’ve surrounded us with God’s love. As real as the water in that swimming pool where Papi dunked me into Christ’s resurrected life. The ...
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The Sacrament of Baptism - Catechism of the Catholic Church
1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the ...
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Lesson 14: On Baptism
Q. 638. How is Baptism given? A. Whoever baptizes should pour water on the head of the person to be baptized, and say, while pouring the water: "I baptize thee in the name of the Father ...
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KS2 Religious Studies: Baptism
It's a way of expressing publicly that you're a Christian. There are lots of symbols in a baptism ceremony. The water can represent coming clean to God and starting a new life. For a Christian the ...