“Al-Maghtas” is Arabic for “immersion,” commonly translated in the ecclesial context to “baptism.” The project has been underway for a long time; Pope Benedict XVI laid the cornerstone ...

"Baptism literally means complete immersion and it is the outward sign of an inward change whereby one publicly declares they belong and identify with Jesus Christ usually done after one becomes a ...

preached a message from God The baptism carried out by John was full immersion in the River Jordan. Baptism was not a new idea. There is evidence that a monastic group called the Essenes used ...

The celebration of baptism is a way of showing that this ... In the Baptist Church only believers are baptised by full immersion. This will usually take place as part of an evening service when ...

The discovery of the site of Al-Maghtas (The Baptism or immersion), near the Wadi al-Kharrar is the result of research carried out by the great archaeologist, Michele Piccirillo, a Franciscan ...