What Is a Baptistery?
History of Baptism jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/pu/08/baptistery-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); A baptismal fount At the time of Jesus Christ, baptisms were performed before the community in local rivers and streams. Jesus Christ himself was baptized by his cousin, John the Baptist, in what is widely believed to be the River Jordan. This act was recorded in the gospels of the New Testament, and offered the foundation of this sacrament for the ancient and modern Christian church. Constantine the Great Baptisms continued to be performed in natural and local bodies of water until the time of Constantine the Great. During his reign as ruler of the Roman Empire, from 306 AD until his death in 337 AD, Constantine promoted Christian ideals and did much to promote the spread of Christianity. In this time were the first recorded instances of baptisteries. Emergence of Official Baptisteries A baptistery is by de
