Pembaptisan Yesus: Perbedaan antara revisi

 

:"Moreover, those things which were created from the waters were blessed by God, so that this might also be a sign that men would at a future time receive repentance and remission of sins through water and the bath of regeneration -- all who proceed to the truth and are born again and receive a blessing from God" - St. Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus 2:16 (c. A.D. 181)

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:"And [Naaman] dipped himself...seven times in the Jordan" [2 Kings 5:14]. It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but [this served] as an indication to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean, by means of the sacred water and the invocation of the Lord, from our old transgressions, being spiritually regenerated as new-born babes, even as the Lord has declared: "Except a man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." - St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Fragments 34 (c. A.D. 190).

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:"When we are baptized, we are enlightened. Being enlightened, we are adopted as sons. Adopted as sons, we are made perfect. Made perfect, we become immortal...."and sons all of the Most High" [Psalm 82:6]. This work is variously called grace, illumination, perfection, and washing. It is a washing by which we are cleansed of sins; a gift of grace by which the punishments due our sins are remitted; an illumination by which we behold that holy light of salvation -- that is, by which we see God clearly; and we call that perfection which leaves nothing lacking. Indeed, if a man know God, what more does he need? Certainly it were out of place to call that which is not complete a true gift of God's grace. Because God is perfect, the gifts He bestows are perfect". - St. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor of Children 1:6:26:1 (ante A.D. 202)

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Sebelum Yohanes Pembaptis tidak ada sakramen pembaptisan, dan sebelum kedatangan Yesus, Yohanes hanya membaptis dengan air, namun seperti yang dinubuatkan oleh Yohanes bahwa setelah Yesus orang akan dibaptis dengan Roh. Pada saat orang percaya kepada Yesus, mengakui dosa-dosanya (kepada Yesus melalui imam yang tertahbis), dan dibaptis, maka orang tersebut telah menerima Roh/telah dibaptis oleh Roh.