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History of Baptism



The following is a true record of a Baptism which took place in Rome A.D. 100 and was reproduced in TIME magazine, December 5, 1955.

"The deacon raised his hand, and Publius Decius stepped through the baptistry door. Standing waist-deep in the pool was Marcus Vasca the woodseller. He was smiling as Publius waded into the pool beside him. ‘Credis?’ he asked. ‘Credo,’ responded Publius. ‘I believe that my salvation comes from Jesus the Christ, Who was crucified under Pontius Pilate. With Him I died that with Him I may have Eternal Life.’ Then he felt strong arms supporting him as he let himself fall backward into the pool, and heard Marcus’ voice in his ear ---- ‘I baptize you in the Name of the Lord Jesus’ ---- as the cold water closed over him."

Schaff-herzog Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge
Volume 1, page 435--1966 edition

"The New Testament knows only baptism in the name of Jesus... which still occurs even in the second and third centuries"

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Edited by James Hastings
Volume 2, page 384--1958 edition
under Method of Baptism

"The formula used was 'in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ' or some synonymous phrase; there is no evidence for the use of the triune name."

The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volume 3, page 365 and 368 --1910 edition

under The Baptismal Formula, page 365

"The trinitarian formula and triune immersion were not uniformly used from the beginning, nor did they always go together."

under Origin of Christian Baptism, page 368

"We gather from Acts 19:4, that John had merely baptized in the name of the coming Messiah, without identifying him with Jesus of Nazareth. The apostolic age supplied this , and the normal use during it seems to have been 'into Christ identification Jesus', or 'in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ' or ' of the Lord Jesus Christ.'"

A Dictionary of the Bible
by James Hastings
Volume 1, page 241--1906 edition

"Moreover, there is no mention in the New Testament of any one being baptized into the name of the Trinity."

A History of the Christian Church
by Williston Walker
page 87--1957 edition

"With the early disciples generally baptism was 'in the name of Jesus Christ.'"

Encyclopaedia Biblica
Volume 1, page 473--1899 edition
under Formula

"In the name of Jesus Christ or of the Lord Jesus. The former expression is used in Acts 2:38 and 10:48. The latter is used in Acts 8:16 and 19:5. See also Acts 22:16... From these passages, and from Paul's words in the 1st Corinthians 1:13 ('Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?), it is natural to conclude that baptism was administered in the earliest times 'in the name of Jesus Christ', or that 'of the Lord Jesus.' This view is confirmed by the fact that the earliest forms of the baptismal confession appear to have been single--not triple, as was the later creed."

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

Acts 2:38
Acts 4:10-12
Acts 8:16
Acts 10;47,48
Acts 19:3-6
Acts 22:16
Romans 6:1-4
1st Corinthians 6:11
Galatians 3:27

scriptural

Ephesians 4:5
Colossians 2:9-12
colossians 3:17
1st Timothy 3:16
Luke 24:46,47
John 10:30
John 14:9,10
Isaiah 9:6
Deuteronomy 6:4



G. W. Lee




ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” (I Timothy 3:16)

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father [I am come in my Father's name (John 5:43)], and of the Son [the name of his Son Jesus Christ (I John 3:23)], and of the Holy Ghost [the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one (I John 5:7)]:” (Matthew 28:19)

     Peter had the keys to the kingdom and understood the mystery when Jesus said baptize all nations in the NAME of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost. Peter knew Lord is Father, Jesus is Son and Christ is the Holy Ghost: and so all 3 are included in his NAME — The Lord Jesus Christ. Father is not a name, it is a title, just as Son and Holy Ghost are titles. Jesus said, “I am come in my Father’s name”, and “I and my Father are one.” (John 5:43; 10:30). John said that the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost are one (I John 5:7). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”(John 1:1). John said that God is the Word and the Word is God... and the Word was made flesh – THE LORD JESUS CHRIST – and dwelt among us (John 1:1-14). For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Col. 2:9). God told Moses, “I AM THAT I AM”, not “I am 'these' I am” or “I am 'those' I am” (Ex. 3:14). Confusion and controversy is created when we try to separate or “trinitize” the Godhead. Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I am.”, and “I am... the Lord... the Almighty” (John 8:58; Rev. 1:8). The Lord our God is one Lord (Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29). “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God(Ephesians 4:4,5,6).

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Colossians 3:17)




“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” (Acts 2:38,39)

“But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.” (Act 8:12-17)

“While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.” (Acts 10:44-48)

“The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:” (1 Peter 3:21)

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.... Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.... Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” (Romans 6:3,4,6,12)

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,” (Ephesians 1:13)

“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:” (Colossians 1:26-28)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” (John 12:24,25)

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (II Corinthians 5:17)

“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Colossians 3:9,10)

“Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (II Timothy 1:6,7)



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FOLLOW THE LAMB OR FOLLOW THE MAN  

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS  

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THE NAME OF GOD — JEHOVAH or YAHWEH ?  

KING JAMES VERSION "Errors"  

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AMERICA's CHRISTIAN HERITAGE  

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED ?  

HISTORICAL BOOKS & DOCUMENTATION OF FACTS

FOXE's BOOK OF MARTYRS, 1563  

THE PAGEANT OF POPES, 1574  

DEFENSE OF THE TRUE HOLY SCRIPTURES, 1583  

CONFUTATION OF THE RHEMISH TESTAMENT, 1583  

FOOT OUT OF THE SNARE: Jesuits in England, 1624  

DISCOVERY OF THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY, 1679  

A VIEW OF THE PONTIFICATE, 1712  

PAPAL PERSECUTION OF FRENCH PROTESTANTS, 1712  

THE PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTS, 1714  

TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION, 1722  

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DEFENDED AGAINST ROME, 1727  

A VIEW OF POPERY TAKEN FROM THE CREED OF POPE PIUS IV, 1735  

A MEMORIAL OF THE REFORMATION, 1748  

ENTHUSIASM OF METHODISTS & PAPISTS COMPARED, 1749  

POPISH IDOLATRY, 1765  

PROPHECIES ON THE CHURCH OF PAPAL ROME, 1776  

THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN, 1800s  

THE HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION, 1816  

THE INQUISITION UNMASKED, Volume 1, 1816  
THE INQUISITION UNMASKED, Volume 2, 1816  

HISTORY OF THE JESUITS, Volume 1, 1816  
HISTORY OF THE JESUITS, Volume 2, 1816  

NOTES ON THE RHEMISH TESTAMENT, 1817  

APOSTASY OF THE CHURCH OF ROME, 1818  

THE MYSTERY OF POPERY UNVEILED, 1821  

ROMANISM VERSES THE BIBLE, 1827  

BOOK OF MARTYRS, Charles Goodrich, 1830  

BOOK OF MARTYRS, Martin Ruter, 1830  

TRIAL OF ANTICHRIST, 1830  

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1832  

HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION, 1834  

LETTERS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY, 1834  

POPISH FRAUDS DETECTED & DISCLOSED, 1835  

POPERY - AN ENEMY TO CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, 1836  

THE TESTIMONY OF THE REFORMERS, 1836  

DISCUSSIONS: RULE OF FAITH & SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, 1836  

ESSAYS ON ROMANISM, 1839  

REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES, 1839  

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND, 1841  

ANTICHRIST DETECTED, 1841  

A HISTORY OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC INQUISITION, 1843  

PAPAL ROME AS IT IS, 1843  

POPERY, THE ENEMY OF SCRIPTURE, 1844  

THE JESUITS, AS THEY WERE AND ARE, 1845  

HISTORY OF ROMANISM: FROM EARLIEST CORRUPTIONS..., 1845  

ROMANISM INCOMPATIBLE WITH REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS, 1845  

CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST, 1846  

POPERY AND THE UNITED STATES, 1847  

THE HISTORY OF AURICULAR CONFESSION, Volume 1, 1848  
THE HISTORY OF AURICULAR CONFESSION, Volume 2, 1848  

RECORDS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, Volume 1, 1848  
RECORDS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, Volume 2, 1849  
RECORDS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, Volume 3, 1851  

POPERY IN POWER: SPIRIT OF THE VATICAN, PRIESTCRAFT, 1850  

THE VATICAN AND ST. JAMES'S, 1851  

THE INQUISITION REVEALED, 1851  

DEALINGS WITH THE INQUISITION, 1851  

A MANUAL OF ROMISH CONTROVERSY, 1851  

ROMANISM AT HOME, 1852  

THE EVIL OF INFANT BAPTISM By Alexander Campbell, 1852  

ROMANISM, THE ENEMY OF EDUCATION, 1853  

THE BRAND OF DOMINIC, 1853
  TWELVE LETTERS ON TRANSUBSTANTIATION, 1853  

WHAT POPERY IS WHEN ARMED WITH POWER, 1853  

A PROTESTANT's APPEAL TO CATHOLIC STANDARDS, 1853  

THE EVILS OF INFANT BAPTISM by R.B.C. Howell, 1854  

POPERY UNMASKED, 1854  

HISTORY OF THE JESUITS, 1854  

RIGHT OF THE BIBLE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1854  

POPERY! AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS, 1854  

MODERN JESUITISM, 1855  

THE PAPAL CONSPIRACY EXPOSED, 1855  

AMERICANISM CONTRASTED WITH ROMANISM & BOGUS DEMOCRACY, 1856  

DEFENSE OF AMERICAN POLICY... INTERFERENCE OF THE PAPACY, 1856  

SECRET INSTRUCTIONS OF THE JESUITS, 1857  

THE TWO BABYLONS; THE PAPAL WORSHIP, 1862  

THE EVILS OF INFANT BAPTISM by A.N. Arnold, 1867  

CHEMICAL CHANGE IN THE EUCHARIST, 1867  

THE PAPACY; ITS HISTORY, DOGMAS, GENIUS, & PROSPECTS, 1867  

THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS, 1870  

IMPENDING CONFLICT BETWEEN ROMANISM & PROTESTANTISM IN THE U.S., 1871  

SECRETS OF THE CONVENT & CONFESSIONAL, 1873  

FOOT PRINTS OF SATAN, 1874  

ROME AND THE NEWEST FASHIONS IN RELIGION, 1875  

VATICANISM: AN ANSWER TO REPROOFS & REPLIES, 1875  

THE PAPACY AND THE CIVIL POWER, 1876  

PAPAL TRUTHFULNESS, 1879  

THE PRIEST, THE WOMAN AND THE CONFESSIONAL, 1880  

PAPAL CURSES, 1880  

ROMANISM: A DOCTRINAL AND HISTORICAL EXAMINATION, 1882  

THE ENGINEER CORPS OF HELL, 1883  

THE REVISION REVISED, 1883  

THE HISTORY AND CLAIMS OF THE CONFESSIONAL, 1884  

THE JESUITS; A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1885  

THE ITALIAN INQUISITION, 1885  

FIFTY YEARS IN THE CHURCH OF ROME, 1886  

ROMANISM AND THE REFORMATION, 1887  

ROMANISM VS. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, 1888  

IRELAND AND THE POPE, 1888  

WASHINGTON IN THE LAP OF ROME, 1888  

ROMANISM AND THE REPUBLIC, 1890  

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL LAYMAN's HANDBOOK, 1891  

THE SPIRIT OF THE PAPACY, 1895  

AMERICA OR ROME, WHICH? 1895  

THE TRADITIONAL TEXT OF THE HOLY BIBLE, 1896  

CAUSES OF CORRUPTION OF THE TRADITIONAL TEXT, 1896  

ROME'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1897  

BIBLE READINGS FOR SCHOOLS, 1897  

HOW TO WIN ROMANISTS, 1898  

THE INQUISITION IN MEXICO, 1899  

THE PAPACY IN THE 19th CENTURY, 1900  

THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN, 1900  

THE PAPAL COURT, 1902  

ROMANISM: A MENACE TO THE NATION, 1912  

THE JESUITS IN HISTORY, 1914  

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY: THE DEADLIEST MENACE, 1915  

BEACON-LIGHTS... ROMANISM AND THE REFORMERS, 1915  

CASSOCK AND SWORD, 1915  

PAPAL SOVEREIGNTY, 1917  

THE SUPPRESSED TRUTH, 1922  

ROMAN CATHOLICS IN AMERICA FALSIFYING HISTORY, 1928



“In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” (Matt. 18:16; II Cor. 13:1)

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ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CONFESSIONS ABOUT SUNDAY  

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THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT  

THE SEVEN SEALS OF THE HOLY BIBLE  

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS  

THE TRUE SABBATH  

WHAT'S WRONG WITH HALLOWEEN  

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED ?  

WHO IS KING JAMES ?  

WICCA/PAGAN — SATANIC TIES  

WORLD RELIGIONS  

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