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Pharaoh Rameses II is shown having water poured over him by the gods Thoth and Horus. As Professor Richard Gabriel notes in Gods of our Fathers: the memory of Egypt in Judaism & Christianity (2001) However tempting as it may be to see baptism as an original Egyptian rite transmitted to us via Christianity, itâs important to note that baptism rituals were also practised by cultures with no discernible relationship to Egyptian or Judeo-Christian religious systems. Prescott (1843) describes a pre-Christian Mexican baptismal ritual that astounded the conquistadors with its similarity to those they knew; and 12th century Norse chronicler Snorri Sturlason describes baptism among pagan Scandinavians in his histories. So we can see the near-universal importance of baptism with water across all of humanity.
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Baptism which on my screen was just about the widest column but had maybe just one word (No, Yes) in it?
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Christening is sometimes used as a synonym for baptism but is not always. Some churches after baptism with water will "christen" the candidate by marking their forehead with a cross using either the baptismal water or anointing oil. I will try and find more material on this.
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