Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

Christ's Baptism 1223 All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.

Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and ...

[In] a classic example, Luke tells us about the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Now, if we read elsewhere in the Gospel of Luke [in]... the Acts of the Apostles, we see that Luke knows about ...

In terms of the Jesus tradition, then, to have Jesus either submit to baptism, or himself baptize others, suggests that we are part of a culture that was looking toward Temple purity as its ideal ...

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach ...

Question: Whether the baptism conferred by the community “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, called “Mormons” in the vernacular, is valid. Response: Negative.

Jesus’s experience struggling in the wilderness after his baptism is at the root of Lent. Chapters 3 and 4 of the Gospel of Luke provide information that can help anyone interested in taking a ...

The baptism is an event that is very important in Jesus’ ministry. In this story we see clearly the relationship between Father and Son and the use of the title ‘Son of God’. The events that ...