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Christians of St John
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary
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A sect of Christians very numerous in Balfara, and the neighbouring towns: they formerly inhabited along the river Jordan, where St. John baptized, and it was from thence they had their name. They hold an anniversary feast of five days, during which they all go to the bishop, who baptizes them with the baptism of St. John. Their baptism is also performed in rivers, and that only on Sundays: they have no notion of the third person in the Trinity; nor have they any canonical book, but abundance full of charms, &c. Their bishoprics descend by inheritance as our estates do, though they have the ceremony of an election.
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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Christians of St John'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/c/christians-of-st-john.html. 1802.
Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Christians of St John'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/c/christians-of-st-john.html. 1802.
