Baptism

Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and has its origins with the Jewish ritual of tahara. The word baptize derives from the Greek word βάπτειν (the infinitive; also listed as the 1st person singular present active indicative βαπτίζω), which loosely means "to dip, bathe, or wash". To some groups it is a matter of religious conviction to assert that baptism is precisely equivalent to, to plunge something entirely into the water, so that the water closes over it.

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Related Articles and Subjects

• Baptism of Jesus
• Believers Baptism
• Infant baptism
• Christianity
• Theophany
• Prevenient Grace
• Conditional baptism
• Whitsunday
• Anabaptist
• Chrismation
• Christifideles
• Consolamentum

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• Baptismal font
• Mikvah
• Holy water
• Church
• Godfather
• John the Baptist