30 Through the Holy Spirit, Baptism is a bath that purifies, justifies, and sanctifies. 31 1228 Hence Baptism is a bath of water in which the "imperishable seed" of the Word of God produces its ...

Let us look at the first baptism after ... that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism ... the Holy Trinity as "table, food and waiter," in which the Spirit is the one who serves us the Word ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season ...

The fourth of these key truths revealed in Christ's baptism, Rives said, is "the fullness of the Godhead presented: The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove ...

In many denominations babies are baptised, and this is known as infant baptism. Jesus’ instructions were to "baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit", so these words are said ...