CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The First Apology; [The first historical testimony of Christian baptism, in Rome in the middle of the second century]” – Saint Justin, Martyr/ DailyGospel
“I will also relate the manner in which we dedicate ourselves to #God when we have been made new through #Christ … Those who believe that what we teach and say is true, and who undertake to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and entreat God with fasting for the remission of their past sins, we also praying and fasting with them. Then they are brought by us to where there is water and are regenerated in the same manner in which we ourselves were regenerated. In the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they are then washed with water. For Christ said, ‘Unless you be born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ ….”