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Baptism, adult The Roman ritual has a distinctive rite for adults. After investigation, every adult convert, invalidly or not baptized, receives Baptism unconditionally; if doubtfully baptized the conditional form, “If thou art not baptized, I baptize thee” etc., is employed. For valid reception, the adult should have at least the intention to receive the sacrament. … Continue reading “Baptism, adult”

Baptism (The Baptist Interpretation) baptiz’m: I.Meaning of Baptism 1.Terminology 2.Proselyte Baptism 3.Greek Usage 4.New Testament Usage 5.The Didache 6.Baptismal Regeneration II.The Subjects of Baptism III.The Present Obligation Literature This article is not a discussion of the whole subject, but is merely a presentation of the Baptist interpretation of the ordinance. The origin and history of … Continue reading “Baptism (The Baptist Interpretation)”

Baptism (Non-Immersionist View) I.The Scriptural Names for the Rite II.Pre-Christian Baptism 1.Baptism of Proselytes 2.Baptism of John 3.Baptism in the Pagan Mysteries III.Christian Baptism 1.The administration of the Rite 2.The Mode of Using the Water (1)Immersion (2)Affusion (3)Aspersion 3.Who May Perform Baptism 4.Who May Receive Baptism (1)Baptism of Infants (2)Baptism for the Dead IV.The Formula … Continue reading “Baptism (Non-Immersionist View)”

Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine) I.The Term 1.The Derivation 2.The Meaning 3.The Application 4.Equivalent Terms II.The Ordinance 1.The Teaching of Scripture (1)An Authoritative Command (2)A Clear Declaration of the Object in View (3)A Definite Promise (4)A Plain Indication of the Scope (5)A Prescribed Formula for Administering the Ordinance 2.The Biblical History of the Ordinance 3.Types of Baptism … Continue reading “Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine)”

BAPTISM The holy ordinance by which persons are admitted as members of the Christian community. It is administered in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and is a visible and public profession of faith in Christ and his salvation, of vital union with him, of the obligation to live a … Continue reading “Baptism”

Baptae (from , to wash), a name formerly applied to the priests of the Thracian goddess Cotys, or Cotytto, and was derived from a practice in their festivals of washing in tepid water. Buttmann, however, in his Mythologus denies that the name Baptae was applied to the priests referred to. SEE COTYS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Baptae”

Bapst, John (1815 -1875 ) Jesuit missionary, born near Fribourg, Switzerland; died Mount Hope, Maryland. Sent to the Indian Mission in Maine, he was later pastor to the scattered Catholics in East port, Bangor, and Ellsworth. While at Ellsworth, during the Know-nothing movement, he was tarred, feathered, and expelled from the vicinity by order of … Continue reading “Bapst, John”

Bapohild (Or Rather Witenagemote), Council Of (Concilium Baccanceldense). Of these there are said to have been two. I. Held between A.D. 696 and 716 at Bapchild, near Sittingbourne, in Kent; a Kentish Witenagemote, at which abbesses and presbyters, as well as bishops and abbots, were present, and where the celebrated Privilege of Wihtred was enacted, … Continue reading “Bapohild (Or Rather Witenagemote), Council Of”

Baphomet Form of name Mahomet used in Middle Ages, cabalistically formed. In special sense it was the alleged name of the idol which the Templars were accused of worshiping. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Baphomet ( , baptism of Metis, or of fire, the Gnostic baptism), is the name given to certain symbolic figures, half male … Continue reading “Baphomet”

Baotan SEE BAEDAN; SEE BAITHEN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature