| Ἰωάννης ἐκήρυσσε βάπτισμα μετανοίας· καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶσα Ἰουδαία. Κύριος κηρύσσει βάπτισμα υἱοθεσίας· καὶ τίς τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν ἠλπικότων οὐχ ὑπακούσεται; Ἐκεῖνο εἰσαγωγικὸν τὸ βάπτισμα, τοῦτο τελειωτικόν·ἐκεῖνο ἁμαρτίας ἀναχώρησις, τοῦτο οἰκείωσις πρὸς Θεόν. Ἅγιος Βασιλειος Καισαρείας, Ὁμιλια ΙΓʹ, Προτρεπτικὴ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον Βάπτισμα Source: Migne PG 31.425a |
John preached the baptism of repentance, and all Judea went out to him. The Lord preaches the baptism of sonship, and who of those who hope in Him will He not listen to? The first baptism is the introduction, the second baptism the perfection, the first is the removal of sin, the second a joining to God. Saint Basil of Caesarea, from Homily 13, An Exhortation to Baptism. |
11 Jan 2020
Two Baptisms
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