Question 78. How is baptism rightly administered?
A Baptism is rightly administered by immersion, or dipping the
whole body of the person in water,
# Mt 3:16 Joh 3:23
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, according to Christ's institution, and the practice
of the apostles,
# Mt 28:19 , 20
and not by sprinkling or pouring of water, or dipping some
part of the body, after the tradition of men.
# Joh 4:1 , 2 Ac 8:38 , 39
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