{"id":4690,"date":"2021-03-07T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/lv\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2023-01-08T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T16:09:29","slug":"kas-ir-kristibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"What is baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Baptism<\/strong>\u00a0(from the\u00a0Greek\u00a0noun \u03b2\u03ac\u03c0\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1\u00a0b\u00e1ptisma) is a\u00a0Christian\u00a0rite\u00a0of\u00a0admission\u00a0and\u00a0adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into\u00a0Christianity.\u00a0It may be performed by\u00a0sprinkling\u00a0or\u00a0pouring\u00a0water on the head, or by\u00a0immersing in water\u00a0either partially or completely.<br \/>\nBaptism is considered a\u00a0sacrament\u00a0in most churches, and as an\u00a0ordinance\u00a0in others. Baptism according to the Trinitarian formula, which is done in most\u00a0mainstream Christian\u00a0denominations, is seen as being a basis for\u00a0Christian ecumenism, the concept of unity amongst Christians.\u00a0Baptism is also called\u00a0christening,\u00a0although some reserve the word &#8220;christening&#8221; for the\u00a0baptism of infants. It has also given its name to the\u00a0Baptist churches and denominations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baptism\u00a0(from the\u00a0Greek\u00a0noun \u03b2\u03ac\u03c0\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1\u00a0b\u00e1ptisma) is a\u00a0Christian\u00a0rite\u00a0of\u00a0admission\u00a0and\u00a0adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into\u00a0Christianity.\u00a0It may be performed by\u00a0sprinkling\u00a0or\u00a0pouring\u00a0water on the head, or by\u00a0immersing in water\u00a0either partially or completely. Baptism is considered a\u00a0sacrament\u00a0in most churches, and as an\u00a0ordinance\u00a0in others. Baptism according to the Trinitarian formula, which is done in most\u00a0mainstream Christian\u00a0denominations, is seen as being a basis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[411],"tags":[416,413,439,436,410],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristibam.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}