baptism

From a Greek word meaning “to immerse;” and is an initiatory ritual washing whereby one becomes a member of the Christian community. It involves various symbolic meanings including, cleansing, the death and resurrectionThe doctrine that Jesus’ spiritual essence was reunited with his physical body and that other humans will likewise live again with their spirit or s... more of ChristDerived from a Greek term meaning anointed and is equivalent to the word “messiah” from Hebrew roots. The anointing references the act of installi... more, and a sinners death and spiritual rebirth. Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans and some other Protestants practice infant baptism while other Protestants insist that this sacramentComes from the Latin term sacramentum, which is a translation of the Greek term mysterion meaning “mystery,” and originally was used to refer to a... more or ordinance should only be administered to individuals who can make a self-conscious commitment to become a Christian.