zamrznutitonovi / Getty Images A letter of instruction is a cheat sheet for anyone involved in settling your affairs. Unlike a will, this letter has no legal authority. However, it can provide an ...

"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 ...

52 1252 The practice of infant Baptism is an immemorial tradition of the Church. There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the ...

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.

The primordial waters brought forth life, so that no one should be astonished that in Baptism the waters are able to give life.” The first letter of Peter mentions the event of the flood ...

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 baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith on Jan.

The Baptism of the Lord Jesus teaches us something about the theology of geography. There are many places where water for baptism could be found in the land of Israel. Why was Jesus baptized by ...

An authorization letter is a kind of agreement between two people and is usually sent as proof that the person can act on someone else’s behalf. The workplace is ever-evolving, but the need for ...

The hypothesis that I Peter is not properly a letter, but a primitive liturgy ... While agreeing that I Peter is concerned with baptism, Professor Moule observes that this is also true of many ...

For those who track the annual lectionary journey, yesterday’s focus was the “Baptism of the Lord.” It’s a topic near and dear to my heart, since I hold that the recovery of baptismal integrity is one ...

To baptize the infant or not to baptize the infant? The answer to the question of infant baptism could depend on your denominational position, along with your interpretation of the Bible. Like many ...