Baptize ME+, John,
in order that
no one
no one
may despise baptism.
WORDS FROM HIPPOLYTUS .. .
Hippolytus, (c. 170-236 AD), Bishop and doctor, near Rome, and Christian Martyr, being drowned in a canal about the commencement of the reign of Maximin the Thracian, p.6, Introductory Notice to Hippolytus.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 5, The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus, The Discourse on the Holy Theophany, Chapter 5, p. 236.
[ Said John the Baptist to The LORD JESUS at the River Jordan: “I have need to be baptized of THEE+, and comest THOU+ to me?” ]....
Chapter 5.
And what saith The LORD to him?
“Suffer it to be so now,
“Suffer it to be so now,
for thus it becometh us
to fulfill all righteousness.”
“Suffer it to be so now,”John; thou art not wiser than I+. Thou seest as man; I+ foreknow as GOD. It becomes ME+ to do this first, and thus to teach. I+ engage in nothing unbecoming, for I+ am invested with honor. Dost thou marvel, O John, that I+ am not come in My+ Dignity?
The purple robe of kings suits not one in private station,
but military splendor suits a king:
am I+ come to a prince, and not to a friend?
“Suffer it to be so now
for thus it becometh us
to fulfill all righteousness:”
I+ am the FULFILLER+ of the [ Mosaic ] Law; I+ seek to leave nothing wanting to its whole fulfillment, that so after ME+ Paul may exclaim,
“CHRIST is the fulfilling of the [ Mosaic] Law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” “Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Baptize ME+, John,
in order that no one
may despise baptism.
I+ am baptized by thee, the servant, that no one among kings or dignitaries may scorn to be baptized by the hand of a poor priest. Suffer ME+ to go down into the Jordan, in order that they may hear My+ FATHER’S testimony, and recognize the power of the SON+.“Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then at length John suffers HIM+.
“And JESUS, when HE+ was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and the Heavens were opened unto HIM+; and, lo, the SPIRIT of GOD descended like a dove, and rested upon HIM+.And a voice (came) from Heaven, saying,
THIS is MY Beloved S0N+, in whom I am well pleased.”
THIS is MY Beloved S0N+, in whom I am well pleased.”
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References
Material is from the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volumes 1-10, American Edition ( a reprint of Christian Literature Publishing Co. 1886), 2nd printing 1995, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA. ISBN 1-56563-087-4
Some
supplemental information and dates are from: David W. Bercot, editor, A
Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, Peabody, MA, Hendrickson
Publishers, Inc., 1998. ISBN 978-1-56563-870-9 [ Scroll Publishing
www.scrollpublishing.com ]
Digital Copy from: The Master Christian Library Version 8 CD-ROM 2000 Ages Softward, Rio, WI www.ageslibrary.com NOTE: This Digital Copy of the ANF does NOT contain any Introductory Notes from the translators and editors, no footnotes, and no elucidations and comments at the end of the books, although these helpful items are contained in the hard copy listed above.
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NOTE: Comments in green are from the Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+; extra words in black are in the text from the editors. Color added to pronouns, etc., for clarity.
Digital Copy from: The Master Christian Library Version 8 CD-ROM 2000 Ages Softward, Rio, WI www.ageslibrary.com NOTE: This Digital Copy of the ANF does NOT contain any Introductory Notes from the translators and editors, no footnotes, and no elucidations and comments at the end of the books, although these helpful items are contained in the hard copy listed above.
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NOTE: Comments in green are from the Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+; extra words in black are in the text from the editors. Color added to pronouns, etc., for clarity.
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