For many worshipping groups in South Africa, such as Pentecostal churches, religious expression is closely tied to water. At the Fleurhof baptism, Pastor Nxusa paged through a weathered bible ...
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 ...
The first letter of Peter mentions the event of the flood, “…in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water. Baptism ...
"They have been bribed with, if they are very very good while daddy is having his baptism, they can go for a little paddle in a minute." Walking in water in the De Lank River At the centre of the ...
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 ...
"In other icons, Jesus stands in the water up to his neck, and with his head bowed he receives baptism by pouring water over the top of his head," he was quoted as saying. The Archbishop of Tomis ...