Confessiones Ecclesiae Apostolicae. Scripture Confessions

The Baptismal Formula

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Matheteusate panta ta ethne, baptizontes autous

Disciple [make disciples of] all the nations, baptizing them

eis to onoma tou patros

into the Name of the Father,

kai tou huiou

and of the Son,

kai tou hagiou pneumatos,

and of the Holy Ghost;

didaskontes autous terein panta hosa eneteilamen humin.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.

Note.—For an explanation of the Baptismal Formula, which is the basis of the old Trinitarian creeds, and for the various renderings of eis (into, to, in, with reference to), see Schaff and Lange, Com. on Matt. pp. 556-558.

Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, Volume 2: The Greek and Latin Creeds (1877). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.