An Inquiry Into the Usage of Baiitiz, and the Nature of Judaic Baptism

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Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Usage of Baiitiz, and the Nature of Judaic Baptism: As Shown by Jewish and Patristic Writings Judaic Baptism properly denotes a baptism which is distinctively Jewish. Under this title, however, will be introduced all baptisms of whatever kind spoken of by Jewish writers, as well as those facts and observances recorded in the Jewish Scriptures, which are declared by Patristic writers, to be baptisms. The Apostle Paul speaks of a baptism connected with the miraculous division and passage of the Red Sea, although there is no such verbal statement in the original narrative. In like manner, the Patrists speak of many facts in the Jewish history and of many ritual observances in the Jewish ceremonial as baptisms, making interpretation not of words but of things. This course of Paul and of Patrist furnishes us with an exceedingly valuable help to determine the meaning of the Greek word. To many of the Patrists the Greek language was their native tongue. The use of a Greek word, by them, has equal authority for determining its meaning as its use by Plato or Plutarch. There is, also, this vantage-ground secured in the application of the word to Jewish history and ceremonial, - the facts are thoroughly known, and the nature and mode of the ordinances are minutely described. Thus we have no blank to fill up by our preconceptions or fruitful imaginations. We are fast bound by facts. If this field of inquiry has been explored, to any extent, I am not aware of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.