One of the main reasons for the different denominations is their core, or fundamental, difference of belief concerning baptism. I hope to show many of the individual beliefs that are held by the different denominations, and to go back to the Bible and show what it has to say concerning baptism. The point is not to distinguish who is right and who is wrong, but to make people think about what they have been taught in their denomination, and to compare it to what the Bible has to say on the matter.

If we go back to the original Greek we find several words used for baptism, baptizing, and baptized. All of these words have their root in the Greek word , Bapto; meaning to overwhelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid. The most common Greek word used to describe the act of baptism is __. This is the word used throughout scripture for baptism. If translated directly into the English language, its meaning is: "The process by which a man or object is completely immersed in water and then withdrawn from it again." (Barth 1948) This is what John the Bapti

Conant, Thomas J.(1977). The Meaning and Use of Baptizein.

Unger, Merrill F.(1967). Unger's Bible handbook.

2) You must be _ or completely immersed in water

5)Be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit

5) You are to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These and only these are the Biblical requirements for baptism that I have been able to turn up in my research.

3) You must come to be baptized (not be brought)

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