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Water of Baptism.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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The scholastics adopted the mystical interpretation of the water, but carried their discussions and inquiries concerning the fluids to be used at the performance of the rite of baptism to a ridiculous extreme. Various opinions obtained as to the question whether beer, broth, fish-sauce, mead or honey-water, lye or rose-water, might be used instead of pure water. They carried their absurdities so far as to start the question "Quid faciendum, si puer urinaret (stercorizaret) in fontem?" A distinction was also made between "aqua artificialis, naturalis, and usualis." See Hagenbach, Hist. of Doctrines, 2, 84. (See BAPTISM); (See HOLY WATER).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Water of Baptism.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/water-of-baptism.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Water of Baptism.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/water-of-baptism.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.