Baptism
Readings:
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Pres. Boyd K. Packer |
Washed Clean |
| Elder Robert D. Hales | The Covenant of Baptism: To Be in the Kingdom and of the Kingdom |
| Elder Theodore M. Burton | To Be Born Again |
| Dr. Hugh Nibley | Insights on the Symbolic Nature of Water |
Dr. Hugh Nibley
Insights on the Symbolic Nature of Water
The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment, p.94
[Water] is not only a symbol of cleansing, cooling, refreshing, and reviving; it actually does all those things, at one and the same time, along with which it is par excellence the medium of passage: half-way between solid matter and tenuous spirit, it enables bodies to move from one place to another in a state of effortless motion and silent suspension, visibly hovering between the solid earth below and the empty sky above.