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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 115. Chapters: Spanking, Baptism, Ship commissioning, Brit milah, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, Immersion baptism, Pederasty in ancient Greece, Missionary, Hazing, Cub Scouting, Ordination, Upanayana, Russefeiring, Line-crossing ceremony, Labia elongation, Breeching, Homecoming, Land diving, Coming of age, Rumspringa, Praxe, Hazing in Greek letter organizations, Paul Rebillot, Sso, Quinceanera, Rite of passage, Shinbyu, Secular coming of age ceremony, Queima das Fitas, Initiation, Deposition, Journeyman years, Sweet sixteen, Bachelor party, First haircut, Pwo, Wetting-down, White coat ceremony, Coming of Age Day, Fagging, Salting, First Communion, Diksha, Mizuage, Walkabout, Baptism by fire, Penkkarit, Dokimasia, Vision quest, Poy Sang Long, 300 Club, Genpuku, Helmet Boxing, Miyamairi, Chivaree, Sacraments of Initiation, Cotillion ball, Erikae, The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball, Guan Li, Half sari function. Excerpt: In Christianity, baptism (from the Greek noun baptisma; itself derived from baptismos, ritual washing) is for the majority the rite of admission (or adoption), almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition. Baptism has been called a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some traditions, baptism is also called christening, but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants. The New Testament reports that Jesus himself was baptized. The usual form of baptism among the earliest Christians was for the candidate to be immersed totally (submersion) or partially (standing or kneeling in water while water was poured on him or her). While John the Baptist's use of a deep river for his baptism suggests immersion, pictorial and archaeological evidence of Christian baptism from the 3rd c...
