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| | History of Christian Baptism |
 | | John's baptism, typically practiced by full immersion in the Jordan River, is defined as "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins." This concept of a baptism of repentance, and for the forgiveness of sins later becomes an important element (although not, of course, the sole element) of Christian baptism. |
| | John Calvin, one of the founders of the Reformed Church, and perhaps the greatest theologian since Thomas Aquinas, agreed with the Augustinian (and thus, Roman Catholic) views on baptism in several areas, including the idea that people should only be baptized once, and that the purity of the person conferring the baptism was irrelevant: |
| | John Calvin weighs in on the topic of whether there was a long period of time between the writing of the Gospels, and the general acceptance of infant baptism by the Church Fathers: |
| www.sundayschoolcourses.com /baptism/baptcont.html (7564 words) |
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