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The newly baptized Christian received the Holy Spirit through
the laying on of hands (Acts 8:12,
8:17). The receipt of the Holy Spirit placed
the individual into the body of Christ which was the church. The practice, in an attenuated
form, continued beyond the Apostolic Age into the Greco-Roman Church. Stanley
explained it this way:
In the first age of the
Church it was customary for the apostles to lay their hands on the heads of the
newly baptized converts, that they might receive the "gifts of the
Spirit." The "gifts " vanished, but the custom of laying on of
hands remained. It remained, and was continued, and so in the Greek Church is
still continued, at the baptism of children as of adults. Confirmation is, with
them, simultaneous with the act of the baptismal immersion. But the Latin
Church, whilst it adopted or retained the practice of admitting infants to
baptism, soon set itself to remedy the obvious defect arising from their
unconscious age, by separating and postponing, and giving a new life a meaning
to the rite of confirmation. The two ceremonies, which in the Eastern Church are
indissoluble, confounded, are now, throughout Western Christendom, by a salutary
innovation, each made to minister to the edification of the individual, and
completion of the whole baptismal ordinance. (Stanley
1862:117-118.)
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Does the national archive and treasury of the kings of Judah lie
hidden deep underground in the ancient City of David? |
The tomb of King David has
been lost since the days of Herod the Great. Have archaeologists
and historians now isolated its location? New research suggests
the tomb, and a national archive and treasury containing
unbelievable wealth, lies not far south of the Haram esh-Sharif.
You will find the implications astounding. |
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What was Jerusalem in the days of Herod and
Jesus really like? |
Tradition places
Herod's Temple on the Haram esh-Sharif. Is this really the site of
the Temple in Jesus' day? A new carefully detailed compilation and
analysis of the historical evidence says -- absolutely
not!
View Temple
Video |
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The Old City of Jerusalem |
This
small sample section of a beautiful map from the Survey of Israel,
suitable for framing, is a must for serious students of the Bible.
The map sets forth the topography of the city and provides labels
for all major landmarks. |
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