baptizand

English

Alternative forms

baptisand

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek verb Βαπτιζω [βαπτω], to immerse, to plunge, later to baptize Also note: βάπτω (vb) to dip in something (root from the ancient Greek); New Testament Greek: βαπτίζω (vb) to dip, immerse; βαπτιμός (noun) a dipping, a washing(i.e., of dishes or a table), ritual washings. (Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature; 1957, pp. 131-132)

Noun

baptizand (plural baptizands)

  1. a person about to submit to baptism.
  2. a person who has been baptized

Quotations

  • "[T]he baptisms of John and Christians were likely still the ducking of the head of the standing baptizand into the water" - page 36, Baptism in the Early Church, by Everett Ferguson, Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, 9780802827487 As retrieved 2009-04-23
  • "Let the baptizands stand naked in the water. A deacon should step down in like manner into the water with the baptizand...and say, "Dost thou believe in God the Father almighty?" and the baptizand should reply, "I believe"." [the author's translation of a Latin work] - page 35, Early Christian Creeds, by J. N. D. Kelly, Published by Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, →ISBN, 9780826492166, As retrieved 2009-04-23
  • "Baptism is such a transaction, where the baptisand formally gives himself into the hands of a new Master." - page 118, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, by James D. G. Dunn, Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 1970, →ISBN, 9780664241407, As retrieved 2009-04-23
  • "Is it the believer (baptisand) or a third party (minister of baptism) who neither should nor can be certain of the faith?" - page 88, Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther, by Jonathan D. Trigg, Published by BRILL, 2001, →ISBN, 9780391041073

References

  • Book Review page, Monash University ePress, As retrieved 2009-04-23, "Thus, baptism identifies the baptisand with Christ, inaugurates the new life of Christ living within, and initiates ongoing identification with others."
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