Thomas
wrote:
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Good morning!
Yesterday, we heard about St. John the Baptist
baptizing of the people.
- Were these people Jews or Gentiles?
I know that Jews
were often called to repent for their
sins in the Old Testament.
- If they were Jews, was Baptism by water given to these Jews in the Old
Testament when they were asked to repent?
- If not, are not these people the first
Christians
— baptized with water in the name
of Jesus?
Thanks for any help you can provide on this
issue.
God bless,
Tom
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Were the people John baptized Jews or Gentiles, and if they were Jews, was baptism by water? }
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Tom —
John's baptism was a baptism of repentance,
not of regeneration. It prepared
those who received his baptism, to receive
the Word of God and to accept Christ.
Many of them were probably later,
among the first Christians.
Mary Ann
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