As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
Infant baptism when practiced can be no more than an expression of the faith and hope of the parents that their child… — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Millennials aren't looking for a hipper Christianity. We're looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity. Like every generation before ours… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
There are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Thus the whole death is not the biological phenomenon of death but the spiritual reality whose "sting... is sin" (1 Cor. 15:56)… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Baptism is one of those more effective rites that come in with the new covenant. The fact that baptism takes the place… — Peter Leithart Copy Share Image
You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Let us think of a Christian believer in whose life the twin wonders of repentance and the new birth have been wrought.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“The grace of being is gift of baptism by washing in water. And in Spirit of Christ Jesus.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I remember the day of my baptism very vividly. I was baptized in the baptismal font in the Tabernacle on Temple Square.… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“I have generally been denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious I am no Christian , except… — Ethan Allen Copy Share Image
Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“We have seen some gatekeeping or fencing-the-table language already beginning to rear its head in this context. One needed to be baptized… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
All places are places of worship to a Christian. Wherever he is, he ought to be in a worshiping frame of mind. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Even before baptism, a child or an adult can have the Holy Ghost testify to their hearts of sacred truth. They must… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
