tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post8004183346014284612..comments2024-02-02T09:08:38.643-05:00Comments on The White Man Blog: News, Views, and Reviews on topics of ancient and contemporaty interest: Head Covering and HistoryThe White Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-66512011866719666852009-03-19T14:33:00.000-05:002009-03-19T14:33:00.000-05:00The conclusion that nude baptism was not the pract...The conclusion that nude baptism was not the practice of the NT church is inferred from the situation in Philippi, where Paul arrived to find a group of women worshiping at the river. He preached to them, whereupon Lydia and her household were baptized. Following this, the Jailer and his household were baptized. Since Paul and Silas were the only ones there to baptize, one of them would have had to baptize Lydia. It is a short jump from this to conclude that when Lydia's household were baptized, they did so fully clothed.<BR/><BR/>One can argue, however, from the Apostolic Constitutions that it was thought no more inappropriate for a bishop to administer baptism to a nude woman than it would be now for a gynaecologist to administer a pelvic exam to a nude woman; the only requirement being that another woman be present, and that he touch her no more than necessary to the procedure.The White Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-76111029035482692162009-03-09T16:18:00.000-05:002009-03-09T16:18:00.000-05:00You wrote:"Should we baptize in the nude? We have ...You wrote:<BR/>"Should we baptize in the nude? We have no reason for it, nor has any enduring sect of Christians seen any need to resurrect this ancient custom. It is not so much as hinted at in the New Testament, and goes against so much of what we do find there."<BR/><BR/>Actually it is not an 'ancient' custom, it is a still practiced custom... in Judaism. As it was in Jesus' day, so the Jews still baptize (mikveh) in the nude. The baptism itself has died back from its full OT rigor, but when they do baptize it is in the nude... which includes baptism of conversion.<BR/><BR/>I don't think we will have churches converting back to this any time soon, but I would be interested in what you find in the NT that argues against this NT practice.The Schaubing Blogkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811910033353720626noreply@blogger.com