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Re: Is baptism essential unto salvation?
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Originally Posted by TulsaDavid
I too think we need to be careful not to read too much into this statement. The simple sense of that verse would be that Jesus went down into the water, hence came up from it, as opposed to conjecturing what he "may have" done.
As to history:
Perhaps you've read myriad regurgitations of the 1955 Time Magazine account of a baptism around 100 A.D. of Publius Decius. A web page on History of Baptism recites it, and a few years ago it was discussed on FCF (I'm quite sure it was before NFCF).
Since all websites quote each other, repetition does not necessarily substantiate.
But, fortunately I found and purchased a December 5, 1955 issue of Time Magazine off Ebay. This was part of an article on Protestant Revivalism. |
David of Tulsa, what reference(s) does the Time article give for the account of this baptism? What primary document does it cite?
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