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and his followers, including Jesus the son of Mary and his
disciples, cause a penitent or a proselyte to stand straight
like a pillar in a pool of water or in a river in order to be
bathed with water, hence the names of aa'mid" and "ma'muditha."
(c) The Christian baptism, notwithstanding its fanfaronade
definitions, is nothing more or less than an aspersion with
water or an immersion in it. The Council of Trent anathematizes
anyone who would say that the Christian baptism is the same as
that of St. John's. I venture to declare that the Christian
baptism has not only no spiritual character or effect, but
it is also even below the baptism of the Baptist. And if I
deserve the anathema of the Church for my conviction, I shall
deem it as a great honor before my Creator. I consider the
pretensions of a Christian priest about the baptism as a means
of purification of the soul from original sin and all the rest
of it as of a piece with the claims of a sorcerer. The baptism
disciples, cause a penitent or a proselyte to stand straight
like a pillar in a pool of water or in a river in order to be
bathed with water, hence the names of aa'mid" and "ma'muditha."
(c) The Christian baptism, notwithstanding its fanfaronade
definitions, is nothing more or less than an aspersion with
water or an immersion in it. The Council of Trent anathematizes
anyone who would say that the Christian baptism is the same as
that of St. John's. I venture to declare that the Christian
baptism has not only no spiritual character or effect, but
it is also even below the baptism of the Baptist. And if I
deserve the anathema of the Church for my conviction, I shall
deem it as a great honor before my Creator. I consider the
pretensions of a Christian priest about the baptism as a means
of purification of the soul from original sin and all the rest
of it as of a piece with the claims of a sorcerer. The baptism