Bible Dictionary: Christening

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Topical Bible Verses

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
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Library

No House of any Pretension to be Called a Palace is in the Least ...
... history we find that fairies give their remarkable gifts to prince or princess,
or any child of sufficient importance in their eyes, always at the christening. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 28 no house of.htm

Sunday after Easter
... baptism were clad in white linen as indicative of their cleansing and new birth;
just as today children to be baptized are arrayed in a white christening-robe. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol ii/sunday after easter.htm

False Teachings of the Apostasy.
... her search. As we look upon the "christening" of an infant we are reminded
more of heathendom than of the kingdom of grace. The ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter iii false teachings of.htm

Life at Herrnhut.
... At Herrnhut, ran one comprehensive clause, there were to be no dances whatever,
no wedding breakfasts, no christening bumpers, no drinking parties, no funeral ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv life at herrnhut.htm

The Holy Scriptures.
... been christened? She said that she believed it would. I then asked her
what good the christening had done her child. She answered ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter ii the holy scriptures.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... Had royal or noble gossips, and a splendid entertainment attended his christening,
it might have been pointed to with pride; but so obscure was his birth, that ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

Unfruitful Works of Darkness
... Largely, that bishops and preachers have always been ready to bless colours, and
to read a Christening service over a man-of-war"and, I suppose, to ask God ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/unfruitful works of darkness.htm

John Bunyan on the Terms of Communion and Fellowship of Christians ...
... The christening of infants, we find by church history, to have been a very ancient
practice; still we leave every one to give an account of himself to God. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/john bunyan on the terms.htm

How Can I Obtain Faith?
... Faith cannot be washed into us by immersion, nor sprinkled upon us in christening;
it is not to be poured into us from a chalice, nor generated in us by a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/how can i obtain faith.htm

A Nickname Accepted
... These four are the Church's own christening of itself; its explanation and expansion,
its deepening and heightening, of the vague name given by the world. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a nickname accepted.htm

Subtopics

Christening

Dedication

Dedication by Idolaters in Setting up Idols

Dedication of Houses

Dedication of Property often Perverted

Dedication of Samuel by his Mother

Dedication of Self: Feast of Dedication

Dedication of the Tabernacle

Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem

Dedication: Consecration of a Place of Worship

Dedication: Devoting Any Thing to Sacred Uses