English

Alternative forms

baptisand

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 0802827489, 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 0826492169, 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 0664241409, 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 039104107X, 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."