tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557361138631284049.post5510832510911578134..comments2023-11-02T06:58:58.482-05:00Comments on curious monk: Were the First Christian Baptisms Done Nude?Curious Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497618213913641042noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557361138631284049.post-85981168400014773232008-09-16T22:29:00.000-05:002008-09-16T22:29:00.000-05:00As one pastor friend I know said, there is really ...As one pastor friend I know said, there is really no credible argument against the historical fact that baptisms were originally performed nude.<BR/><BR/>One historical work (there are many!) which makes no bones about can be found on Google Books: It is <I>The History of Baptism</I> by Robert Robinson and David Benedict. (throughout the book, but particularly notable is page 94)<BR/><BR/>Here is a link directly to the page I'm referencing:<BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?id=ldFJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA94,M1<BR/><BR/>You can see in this document that indeed women were also baptized naked.<BR/><BR/>One of the things this clearly shows is that our sense of propriety within the church regarding the nude human form has changed dramatically over the years. Most people assume that public nudity of any kind is expressly forbidden in the Bible, yet history shows the for centuries after Christ, nudity was actually required for one of the central sacraments of the Christian faith... and that nudity took place <I>in the context of worship!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com