initiatory rite

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Another problem in this connection is as to the right or wisdom of an unordained lady missionary to administer this initiatory rite to such women converts.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

The difference is this: the "baptism" is received but once; it is, so to speak, the initiatory rite to the life of Pentecostal service, and fullness, and victory.

From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John

The Baptist, we know, enjoined stated fasts and taught his people to pray, and above all enforced the initiatory rite from which he drew his name.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry

Holy Baptism is the initiatory rite by which we are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, admitted into His Church.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

This further reference to the non-Mosaic initiatory rite of baptism is followed by a quotation of Ezekiel xlvii.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by Parsons, John Denham