Every other Mormon I've asked about postmortem baptism acts like it's NBD.
A family bringing their child for baptism recently asked if they could have him "done" on a Saturday because his little sister always has gymnastics competitions on Sundays.
In following the biblical pattern, they argue, Christians today should also ask Jesus for this baptism which results in greater power for ministry and witness.
In 718 he accompanied a group of Anglo-Saxon pilgrims to Rome, where Pope Gregory II entrusted him with a mission to the pagans east of the Rhine, asking him only to use the Roman formula for baptism, rather than the Celtic, and to consult with Rome on major problems arising from his work.
The rituals are meant to protect the life of the mother, yet the charm text asks that she, like Hanna, Elizabeth, and Maria, produce, then exhorts the child presumed dead in the heading to come out for baptism ("veni foras ad baptismum").
Asking them to turn to the chapter on baptism, he read out the text and explained, in a manner that seemed to me perfunctory, the scriptural basis for baptism.
After one talk with Vinny, he's ready for baptism.
Using an Armenian-to-English dictionary, she had typed in the word for "baptism".
Nor do we make stealth attempts to convert our grandson, kidnap him for baptism, etc.
He went for baptism to John the Baptist.
Baptism has been recognized as an important rite throughout the history of the Christian Church, but Christian groups differ over the manner in which baptism is administered, the meaning and significance of baptism, its role in salvation, and who is a candidate for baptism.
