Immersion, the act of Christian baptism
By: by John T. Christian
Publisher: Baptist Book Concern
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Baptism
Table of contents: title: I. The law of baptism and principles of interpretation; title: II. What the lexicons says; title: III. What the classical writers say; title: IV. Does baptizo necessarily mean to drown?; title: V. What the Septuagint says; title: VI. The baptism of John; title: VII. The baptism of Jesus; title: VIII. The baptism mentioned in Mark 7:1-4; title: IX. The baptism of the three thousand; title: X. The baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch; title: XI. Paul's baptism; title: XII. The baptism of the jailer; title: XIII. The argument from Romans 6:4; title: XIV. What the Greek fathers say; title: XV. What the Latin fathers say; title: XVI. "The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles"; title: XVII. Argument from history in favor of immersion; title: XVIII. Sprinkling a heathen custom; title: XIX. The baptism of the sick; title: XX. The history of sprinkling; title: XXI. What the councils of the Roman Catholic church say; title: XXII. The testimony of the liturgies and rituals; title: XXIII. What the Poets say; title: XXIV. What the Greek church says; title: XXV. What the Catholic church says; title: XXVI. What the Episcopalians say; title: XXVII. What the Presbyterians say; title: XXVIII. What the Methodists say; title: XXIX. What the Syriac says.