Abstract: The word “baptism” comes from the Greek word for washing. Baptism can be by immersion (in ritual …
Baptism(2,369 words)
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Theodore Vial, “Baptism”, in: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, General Editors Robert A. Segal, Kocku Von Stuckrad. Consulted online on 10 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000217>
First published online: 2016
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