16 1222 Finally, Baptism is prefigured in the crossing of the Jordan River by which the People of God received the gift of the land promised to Abraham's descendants, an image of eternal life.

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

Image caption, Two pastors fully submerge a man during his believers' baptism Some Christians prefer believers’ baptism because Jesus was baptised as an adult and because, as an adult ...