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Mary in the Annunciation as a Type of Baptism
The study shows that there is a full parallel between Mary in the Annunciation and the baptism of believers. In the Oriental interpretation, the two-stage approach observed in the Annunciation scene: the Holy Spirit who cleanses and the Son who ...
Jan Witold Żelazny
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‘Baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire’ on the lips of John the Baptist referred to the coming Kingdom in terms of death and resurrection in which the nation would be cleansed and reborn. The experience of Jesus at the Jordan convinced him that he must not
R. Alastair Campbell
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Toward a Baptismal Ecclesiology: Faith Content and Ecclesial Context [PDF]
This article focuses on the study of the essence and structure of the church in the context of contemporary Orthodox ecclesiology. A theological definition and dogma on the Church do not yet exist, though XIX and XX century’s theologians have made ...
Archpriest John Erickson
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This article traces the development of the Christ Apostolic Church’s (CAC) doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, its current official stance and the church ministers’ interpretations of the doctrine.
George O. Folarin
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“Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins”: Mark 1:4 in Its Context
The titular term commonly refers to the baptism administered by John. In the other earliest sources, forgiveness of sins is not closely linked to washing with water performed by him, as the description of the Baptist’s appearance in the Gospel of Mark ...
Artur Malina
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In the New Testament baptism is an integral part of becoming a Christian and part of the proclaimed gospel. Yet many Baptists fail to see this, understanding it merely as a sign of a salvation already secured.
Anthony R. CROSS
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The First Adam-Second Adam Typology in John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria
Patristic scholars have commented on the early church’s common practice of drawing catechetical instructions from the creation account in Genesis. One of the recurring motifs in such discussions is the fathers’ use of the Adam-Christ typology with its ...
Naidu Ashish J.
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Water is an essential symbol of life "Without water, life would not exist", an antithesis is found when it can also take away your life, drowning. Every life lost has a countless value, a famous author portrayed this significance quoting "I believe that
Sergio López-García +4 more
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Slegs eenmaal gedoop - Sans Jamais Le Réitérer
Baptized but once - Sans Jamais Le Réitérer In principle re-baptism is rejected by almost all churches and theologians. However, since some regard infant baptism as invalid, they encourage those who have not been baptized in faith and obedience to have ...
P. C. Potgieter
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In this article it is argued that the baptism and Eucharist of the earliest Jesus-followers can be better understood when contemporary knowledge with regard to alternate states of consciousness is taken into consideration.
Jonanda Groenewald, Andries G. Van Aarde
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