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• The Church opposed burning people who had received the myron of chrismation in the baptism ritual.From the entry chrismation
• The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.From the entry baptism by fire
• Having to deal with a bomb scare on his first day was a real baptism of fire for John.From the entry baptism of fire
• It has been a baptism of fire by many accounts, including hers.2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry baptism of fire
• “This trip is a baptism of fire to become a wolf,” read another.2019 April 23, Meaghan Beatley, “The shocking rape trial that galvanised Spain’s feminists – and the far right”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry burundanga
• In this context, one could conceivably hold onto the theology that baptism is essential for salvation.2018, Steven D. Cone, Theology from the Great Tradition, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 578. From the entry theology
• This ‘baptism of fireworks’ is supposed to ward off troubles and bring good fortune for the year.2016, “FESTIVALS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!”, in Travel Weekly. From the entry Yanshuei
• For Erasmus's anticoercive heresy was about baptism, not about the state.2013, John Keown, Robert P. George, Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis, →ISBN, page lxi. From the entry anticoercive
• It turned out that the only sure-fire permanent cure for orpeko was Christian baptism.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 965. From the entry orpeko
• Spirit baptism, speaking in tongues, and faith healing became easier to understand, and accept.2005, Per Olov Enquist, Lewi's Journey, page 219. From the entry Christcentrism
• Bogomilists rejected the divinity of Jesus, the worship of images, baptism, the ornamentation of churches, etc.2002, Abul-Fazl Ezzati, The Spread of Islam: The Contributing Factors, Revised edition, page 435. From the entry Bogomilist
• In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . .1979, Ronald E. Osborn, The Faith We Affirm, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry break bread
• Take that momentful night when WMAL-TV made its baptism into the ether.1948, Editor and Publisher - Volume 81, page 44. From the entry momentful
• She saw what he was seeking—a sort of baptism of fire in passion, it seemed to her.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XII, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry sow wild oats
• Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233. From the entry rebirth
• Adiaphora being the theological tool which was developed during the controversies of the Reformation, is the baptism not an adiaphora?2003, P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India, →ISBN, chapter i: “The…. From the entry adiaphora
• And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 13. From the entry disputation
• Baptism is such a transaction, where the baptisand formally gives himself into the hands of a new Master.1970, James D. G. Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A Re-examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in Relation…. From the entry baptizand
• So is baptism, only it was blood instead of water.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry Mithraism
• When a man stood sponsor for a child at baptism, he became the child's godfather, and gossip to the parents.1908, Patrick Weston Joyce, A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland: Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law; Religion…. From the entry gossip
• The summer also represented a baptism of fire for former captain Stephen Peters, who had replaced the long-serving Nigel Felton as cricket chair.2024, Lawrence Booth, The Shorter Wisden 2024. From the entry cricket chair
• So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized).2011, “Validity and liceity”, in Ship of Saint-Peter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011. From the entry liceity
• Is it wrong to arrange destination baptisms in the same way people get married in tropical resorts just so I can make horribly puntastic T-shirts?2010, Jonathan Acuff, Stuff Christians Like, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry puntastic
• I think he just got ahead of himself in telling first of the arrest of John, then jumped back to the earlier baptism of Jesus.2005, Christopher B. Sanford, Matthew: Christian Rabbi, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry get ahead of oneself
• It was in baptism (and in consequence in penance) that the theologically most load-bearing aspects of the liturgical life of the Church were concentrated.2004, G. R. Evans, The First Christian Theologians, an Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. From the entry load-bearing
• Is it the believer (baptisand) or a third party (minister of baptism) who neither should nor can be certain of the faith?1994, Jonathan D. Trigg, Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther, Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, retrieved 26 Jan 2022, page 88. From the entry baptizand
• What I do regret is the non-intelligent and almost superstitious way in which baptism is still regarded by many of our people.1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 31. From the entry terminus ad quem
• I suggested to Sofie that another baptism wasn't necessary since God always knew her deepest self, but we could do an affirmation of baptism with her true name.2020 September 29, Heidi Neumark, Sanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry true name
• And with that, Hannibal leaves his enemies on the floor bathing in their own scarlet before stepping outside to a renewing baptism by rainfall before disappearing into the night.2019 December 28, Melanie MacFarland, “Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list”, in Salon. From the entry renewing
• They had to find a way of instructing the flood of new converts presenting themselves for baptism, some, doubtless, with an eye on the main chance.2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 105. From the entry main chance
• Under the terms of the Interdict no church services and offices were to be permitted save the baptism of infants and the confession of the dying.2004, David Carpenter, The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery, Penguin Books. From the entry save
• The Granddaughter of France was the real head of the people, and as the faëries had been present at her baptism, obstacles and monsters vanished at her approach.1903, Arvède Barine, translated by Helen E. Meyer, La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; The…. From the entry faërie
• For the water is an instrument which God vouchsafeth to use that we may be grafted into Christ by baptism and we may be born again by the Holy Ghost.2017, Bryan D. Spinks, Sacraments, Ceremonies and the Stuart Divines. From the entry gainbirth

Meaning of baptism

1. noun A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
2. noun A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
3. noun The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.

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Questions about baptism in a sentence

How do you use baptism in a sentence?

Baptism is used as a noun. For example: “The child’s baptism was held at the old church.”

What is a short sentence with baptism?

“The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.”

What does baptism mean?

Baptism means a Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.