Where did they got this from?

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GOP

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Some denominations baptize by the sprinkling of water on the head.
I have studied the Bible-the WORD OF GOD and there is no event were the Apostles baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head.
JESUS CHRIST our Precious LORD and our perfect example was not baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head. And HE said to us learn from Me (Matthew 11:29).
So, where did they got this method of baptism from?
 
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joefizz

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Some denominations baptize by the sprinkling of water on the head.
I have studied the Bible-the WORD OF GOD and there is no event were the Apostles baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head.
JESUS CHRIST our Precious LORD and our perfect example was not baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head. And HE said to us learn from Me (Matthew 11:29).
So, where did they got this method of baptism from?
A valid question.(just posting to post currently,be back after work)
 
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Some denominations baptize by the sprinkling of water on the head.
I have studied the Bible-the WORD OF GOD and there is no event were the Apostles baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head.
JESUS CHRIST our Precious LORD and our perfect example was not baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head. And HE said to us learn from Me (Matthew 11:29).
So, where did they got this method of baptism from?
From heretical false religions and false teachers.....
 
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Ralph-

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They get it from here:

Ezekiel 36:25

"I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean."
 
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loverofjesus27

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i think it does say that. true story. i should know, i know Ezekiel very well. LOL *sprinkle *sprinkle
 

Waggles

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Bible baptism is only by full immersion
symbolic of participating in the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus > arising to new life after
burying the old person of sin

Romans chapter 6: is a good start

also we know that full immersion was the norm
through architecture as all the remaining ancient
church buildings of Ethiopian, Roman and Byzantium
periods have baptism fonts like little swimming pools
with steps in them.


 

Nehemiah6

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So, where did they got this method of baptism from?
It would appear that sprinkling of water for baptism (termed "affusion") is first mentioned in the Didache (Teachings of the Apostles) which dates from 120-160 AD.

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism. And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have no living water, baptize into other water; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit. But before the baptism let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized to fast one or two days before.
However the practice of infant baptism came much later -- around the time of Augustine and Constantine -- and became standard practice in the Roman Catholic Church by the 12th century. The Orthodox churches did not adopt this practice.
 
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i thought hyssop was oil I asked for oil lady.
Honestly, I don't know why I have always thought it was a plant, probably tv, and the film The Ten Commandments. But, I just googled and there is oil, but it's a type of mint?

hys·sop
[ˈhisəp]



NOUN

hyssops (plural noun)


  • a small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine.


  • (in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification.

 
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loverofjesus27

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Honestly, I don't know why I have always thought it was a plant, probably tv, and the film The Ten Commandments. But, I just googled and there is oil, but it's a type of mint?

hys·sop
[ˈhisəp]



NOUN

hyssops (plural noun)


  • a small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine.
  • (in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification.

i guess it is what it is.
 

trofimus

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[/B]However the practice of infant baptism came much later -- around the time of Augustine and Constantine -- and became standard practice in the Roman Catholic Church by the 12th century. The Orthodox churches did not adopt this practice.
Really?

[video=youtube;aFGHerqhSC8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFGHerqhSC8[/video]
 
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joefizz

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A valid question.(just posting to post currently,be back after work)
Ok I'm finally back from work...sprinkling?
well the first thing that comes to my mind is for some reason "ashes" put on someone's head,a symbol of mourning or struggling,but also I remember the sprinkling of blood by priests around dead animals,so either way sprinkling sounds a bit "morbid".
 

EarnestQ

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The Greek word for baptize means "to dip". In current English, we would say "dunk".

That seems pretty straightforward to me.
 
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Some denominations baptize by the sprinkling of water on the head.
I have studied the Bible-the WORD OF GOD and there is no event were the Apostles baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head.
JESUS CHRIST our Precious LORD and our perfect example was not baptized by the sprinkling of water on the head. And HE said to us learn from Me (Matthew 11:29).
So, where did they got this method of baptism from?
I'm not sure it matters all that much...It's an outward picture of the true and inward spiritual reality of the Baptism not done by human hands. The Baptism from above with the Holy Spirit. To me it doesn't really matter all that much if the sacrament is done by sprinkle or dip.
 

Nehemiah6

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I'm not sure it matters all that much...It's an outward picture of the true and inward spiritual reality of the Baptism not done by human hands. The Baptism from above with the Holy Spirit. To me it doesn't really matter all that much if the sacrament is done by sprinkle or dip.
If it mattered to Christ and His apostles it should matter to you and to all Christians. Does believer's baptism not signify that the sinner died with Christ, was buried with Him, and has risen again to "walk in newness of life"? Only baptism by full immersion would correspond to this, and that was the Christian baptism that was commanded by Christ.
 

GOP

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If it mattered to Christ and His apostles it should matter to you and to all Christians. Does believer's baptism not signify that the sinner died with Christ, was buried with Him, and has risen again to "walk in newness of life"? Only baptism by full immersion would correspond to this, and that was the Christian baptism that was commanded by Christ.
Thank you Sir. Well said.
JESUS CHRIST our HOLY LORD is our perfect example.
 

GOP

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Bible baptism is only by full immersion
symbolic of participating in the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus > arising to new life after
burying the old person of sin


Romans chapter 6: is a good start

also we know that full immersion was the norm
through architecture as all the remaining ancient
church buildings of Ethiopian, Roman and Byzantium
periods have baptism fonts like little swimming pools
with steps in them.


Yes. Thank you Sir.