Baptism
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Baptism is a Christian rite of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by sprinkling or pouring water on the head, or immersing in water, traditionally three times for
Verrochio's and Leonardo's depiction of the Baptism of Christ (c.1475).
Men lined up to be baptized by immersion in the Jordan River.
Baptism of a child by affusion
Baptism by submersion in the Eastern Orthodox Church (Sophia Cathedral, 2005)
Christianity
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Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. The Gospels state that Jesus is the Son of God and rose from the dead after his crucifixion, whose com
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place of Christianity
A folio from Papyrus 46, an early-3rd-century collection of Pauline epistles
The 7th-century Khor Virap monastery in the shadow of Mount Ararat; Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the early 4th century AD.
An example of Byzantine pictorial art, the Deësis mosaic at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople