Baptism Quote by Ambrose Bierce

“baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, is found in numerous pre-Christian religions/cults, dating back to ancient times. Baptism or lustration for the…

— D.M. Murdock

“That Christ's Baptism was not a mere form, but the fulfilling of all righteousness, proves that He descended into the water burdened with our…

— Abraham Kuyper

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ…

— Ambrose

“The River of Baptism I met, my spiritual adoption confirmed. The changing dramas in my life I experienced. The Holy language preceded my salvation…

— Darmie Orem

“True baptism allows us to reframe, and contain, the reality of evil, without needing to blame anyone else, without any need for shame or…

— Richard Rohr

“My baptism was a slightly awkward affair. . . . The water trickled down my face and down my neck; though just a beakers…

— Yann Martel

“The grace of being is gift of baptism by washing in water. And in Spirit of Christ Jesus.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water of baptism…

— Pope Leo I

“We may suppose that some of those that perished in the deluge had themselves assisted Noah, or were employed by him, in the building…

— Matthew Henry

“Baptism is one of those more effective rites that come in with the new covenant. The fact that baptism takes the place of the…

— Peter Leithart

“Baptism is a Sacra ment instituted by Christ, in which, by the out ward washing of the body with water, with in vocation of…

— Joseph Pohle

“Further, any exclusivistic claims for the sole propriety of some one mode of administering baptism are gratuitous. For any mode of relating the water…

— Meredith Kline