Project Gutenberg 2005-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 66 Moon, James H. 1830 03001866 Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven by Scripture and History Confirmed by the Lives of Saints Who Were Never Baptized with Water Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Water Baptism" by James H. Moon is a theological text written in the early 20th century. The work explores the concept of baptism, specifically focusing on the idea that water baptism is a pagan and Jewish rite rather than a command of Jesus Christ. Moon presents arguments based on scripture and historical context, challenging the traditional understanding of water baptism as a necessary Christian sacrament. In "Water Baptism," Moon systematically examines various biblical accounts of baptism, particularly those of John the Baptist and Jesus, to assert that the only true baptism is that of the Holy Spirit. He argues that Christ did not institute water baptism and cites evidence from scripture to support his claims, suggesting that the early Christians may have continued the practice of water baptism due to their Jewish heritage rather than divine instruction. Throughout the text, Moon encourages readers to reject the ritualistic nature of water baptism and instead embrace the spiritual baptism emphasized in the New Testament, which he believes is more aligned with the teachings of Christ and the true essence of Christianity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Baptism BV Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 177020 177021 2024-10-07T14:29:34.927604 2023-09-08T05:03:23.370584 text/html text/html 180063 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 48647 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120868 2024-10-07T14:29:42.950546 application/epub+zip 121054 2024-10-07T14:29:38.175541 application/epub+zip 121055 2024-10-07T14:29:36.034552 application/epub+zip 240109 2024-10-07T14:29:45.995524 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223712 2024-10-07T14:29:41.869570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145032 2022-09-08T09:56:17.934944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106725 106623 2024-10-07T14:29:33.918591 2023-09-08T05:03:22.739559 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 106768 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 37202 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 106760 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37187 2020-12-13T08:50:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20904 2024-10-07T14:29:46.734559 application/rdf+xml 11523 2024-10-07T14:29:37.170556 image/jpeg 3082 2024-10-07T14:29:36.582542 image/jpeg 113925 2024-10-07T14:29:34.943572 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog