A 19-page report titled “Living Out Our Baptism” accompanied the summary Bishop Walsh provided in his letter. “The overall ...

John 1:31 is a powerful moment in the Gospel narrative where John the Baptist reflects on his role and the divine revelation of Jesus as the Messiah. The verse reads: ...

Today the entire Orthodox Church universal celebrates the festive remembrance and glorification of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. The holy Evangelist ...

Before the St. John’s Eve Voodoo ceremony got started, priestess Sallie Ann Glassman alerted the crowd of 100-plus along Bayou St. John to the possibility that someone could become possessed by a ...

Staying up all night and jumping over bonfires is probably not the best way to cleanse your body, but the ancient ritual of Ivan Kupala is supposed to purify the soul. The pagan ritual is celebrated ...

Partisans of infant baptism probe a middle way. Supporters of believers’ baptism worry about youth. Here a Lutheran theologian defends “believers’ baptism of infants” while a Southern Baptist ...