Holy Baptism
Q47. What is Baptism?
Baptism is not just plain water, but it is the water included in God's command and combined with God's word.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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Matthew 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
Ephesians 5:26
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
Read Luther’s expanded teaching
From the Large Catechism (1529)