Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 77: February 18, 1915 The chief difference between the Roman and Greek churches on this ordinance is, that the Greeks administer baptism by immersion three times, and that confirmation follows immediately upon baptism, even in the case of infants, while the Church of Rome administers baptism by affusion, and postpones confirmation until later years. The Lutheran church also teaches that baptism is necessary to salvation and that infants {are proper subjects. Generally, how ever, Lutheran theologians explain that though baptism is neces sary, God can save the children of men without it, when baptism cannot be had, even as He can sustain human life without food if He sees fit to do so. Through baptism, they hold, all that is necessary to salvation is communicated to man. By baptism man receives remission of sins; the gift of faith; reception into the covenant of grace; adoption among the children of God; deliverance from the power of Satan; and, finally, life eternal. This is effected, they say, not by the water, but by the power of the Holy Spirit inherent in the Word by which the baptismal water is consecrated. It is the word of God which is in, with, and under the water, and faith in that word, especially the pro mise, He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, which produce the effects in baptism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.