The Practice Of Baptism
The documents of this section are representative of baptismal liturgies within Christendom. First, a foundational document from The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus provides the student with a sense of baptism in the early church. The baptismal liturgies of the historic churches-Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches-show how baptismal worship has developed from the historic sources. The influence of these sources is then demonstrated by presenting a wide variety of baptismal liturgies including the Reformed, Wesleyan, free church, and ecumenical traditions. In addition, a proposed service for baptism in the charismatic tradition is presented.…
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Chapters & Articles in The Practice Of Baptism (8)
Hippolytus was an important church leader in the Roman church in the last years of the second century and early yea…
The following text is one example of a twentieth-century baptismal liturgy from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It …
Since the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic church has been active in promoting liturgical renewal in its …
The baptismal rite presented here is found in The United Methodist Hymnal as approved by the 1988 General Conferenc…
The following baptismal liturgy is an approved form for use in the Christian Reformed Church in North America, a de…
Some church historians have already labeled the twentieth century as the ecumenical century, noting the wide variet…
Church traditions that practice the baptism of believers tend not to prescribe specific texts for various liturgica…
Baptism is usually held where running water is present (such as a stream or lake), but church baptisteries or swimm…