Baptisms Sentence Examples

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  • The annual baptisms of adult heathen are 190,000; those of heathen children at the point of death, 450,000.

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  • A cure, in addition to his regular salary, received fees for baptisms, marriages, funerals and special masses, and had the benefit of a free house called a presbytre.

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  • In the Uniate Greek Catholic Church the "ambo" has become a table, on which are placed a crucifix and lights, before the doors of the iconostasis; here baptisms, marriages and confirmations take place.

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  • The neighbourhood of running water (for baptisms) is essential.

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  • At baptisms the priest wears a violet stole during the first part of the service, i.e.

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  • They explained away baptisms as "words of the Holy Gospel," citing the text "I am the living water."

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  • During the months when there were no baptisms the baptistery doors were sealed with the bishop's seal.

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  • Everywhere we are met with the most varied forms of holy rites - the various baptisms, by water, by fire, by the spirit, the baptism for protection against demons, anointing with oil, sealing and stigmatizing, piercing the ears, leading into the bridal chamber, partaking of holy food and drink.

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  • As late as about 1300 a traveller hostile to the Armenians reported to the pope that he had witnessed baptisms without any trinitarian invocation in as many as three hundred parish churches.

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  • He renounced the cross which its priests had signed on him with their chrism, their sham baptisms and other magical rites.

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  • In the early church water was not expressly consecrated for baptisms and other lustrations.

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  • As regards rival Isiac and Mithraic baptisms, he asserts that their waters are destitute of divine power; nay, are rather tenanted by the devil who in this matter sets himself to rival God.

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  • Baptisms were usually conferred at Easter and in the season of Pentecost which ensued, and by the bishop or by priests and deacons commissioned by him.

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  • We hear of all three feasts being habitually chosen in Jerusalem early in the 4th century, but fifty years later baptisms seem to have been almost confined to Easter.

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  • In acts of martyrdom, as late as the age of Decius, we read of baptisms in rivers, in lakes and in the sea.

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  • Only so far as we can get away from the modern view that a person's name is a trifling accident, and breathe the atmosphere which broods over ancient religions, can we understand the use of the name in baptisms, exorcisms, prayers, purifications and consecrations.

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  • Their churches are non -parochial, and they can perform such rites as baptisms, marriages, &c., only by permission of the parish priest, who is entitled to receive all fees due in respect of these ministrations.

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  • The first evidence we have of the details of baptisms of any sort comes from the 2nd century ad.

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  • Taraful din Baia is an active touring group playing at births, baptisms, weddings and funerals.

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  • Gifts that epitomize the religious beliefs of the family are often given at baptisms.

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  • Church, religion and spirituality have a way of holding a family together during difficult times and can also be the basis of celebrations and traditions, such as baptisms, dinners or holiday get-togethers.

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  • Certain religious events, like infant baptisms, traditionally call for infant formal dresses, but there are many other times to consider dressing up your little girl to make a spectacular entrance.

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  • For more formal occasions, Laura Ashley has a line that is designed for baptisms and for first communions.

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  • Record Search also has numerous state censuses, marriage records, baptisms and military records and an extensive list of state death records.

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  • It also hosts numerous international databases, including Canadian censuses and European baptisms and marriages.

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  • Check under the "Births and Baptisms" category to see if there might be a site that will help in your research.

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  • The churches have records of baptisms, memberships, and may even name the godparents.

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  • The churches kept detailed records of members' births, baptisms, marriages and other important life events.

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