The Doctrine of the Church (21): The Sacrament of Baptism

And that immersion as a sign of baptism is not necessary to express the essential idea of the sacrament may also be gathered from the foot-washing of the disciples, which Jesus performed in the upper room where He was gathered with His disciples to celebrate the last supper, John 13:4-10. And that immersion as a sign of baptism is not necessary to express the essential idea of the sacrament may also be gathered from the foot-washing of the disciples, which Jesus performed in the upper room...