Some churches say Baptism is optional, but the New Testament teaches it is integral to the life of faith. Movies and tv shows have probably included more scenes of baptism than any other distinctly ...

Anglicans often get into difficulties with baptism. On the one hand, there continues to be a difference of view between those who are happy with the Church’s policy of baptising people of any age (i.e ...

I have been baptized twice in my life. First, I was baptized as an infant in a Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Second, as a believer in a church that required believers’ baptism to teach and lead a ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Francis ...

Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a ...

Questions around the meaning and practice of baptism have divided the church, and until recently questions around its importance, its efficacy, and key issues such as the baptism of children have led ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

It’s our adoption into God’s family and the seal of our union with Christ. We don’t take it seriously enough. What is baptism? Is it necessary? Does it do anything? Who can receive it, and when, and ...

As discussed in a previous article, the early Church Fathers laid a strong foundation for the belief in baptismal regeneration. Continuing this exploration, additional Church Fathers further ...