baptisms

Perhaps the most worrying set of statistics for the Church of England is the decline in baptisms.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

Perhaps the most worrying set of statistics for the Church of England is the decline in baptisms.

Anglican bishop: Church of England likely gone in thirty years 2009

Every time he completed a work that he considered of real importance -- relatively more often than modesty might have prescribed -- he celebrated the birth of the masterpiece by one of these oddly termed baptisms in tannin.

White Ashes Alden Charles Noble

Christ's sake, and the inward operation of the Holy Ghost, are called baptisms, in so far as they produce the effect of the Baptism of

Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

Talking about recent criticism of the church from Jews who were unhappy that Mormons were performing for Holocaust victims a ritual called baptisms for the dead, Cook said the church had been misunderstood.

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Meetings were often held during special ceremonies such as baptisms and weddings.

Italy Cracks Down on Mob in Major Crime Sweep 2010

In religious activities such as baptisms and first communions, the parents will choose a couple to serve as godparents to the child during the ceremony.

Living in Timucuy, Yucatan: birth, death and some in-between 2004

In religious activities such as baptisms and first communions, the parents will choose a couple to serve as godparents to the child during the ceremony.

Living in Timucuy, Yucatan: birth, death and some in-between 2004

Ratzinger came down on the Yank behind it, then, too, and all those "baptisms" had to reconferred, using the absolute not conditional formula.

"...in the name of stupidity, ideology, and New Age nuttiness..." 2004

The princely court gave the ruler the opportunity to display his wealth, in ceremonies such as baptisms, marriages, funerals, and triumphal entries into the city.

1478 2001