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<blockquote>"He was born and baptized, that by His passion He might purify the water." (The [[Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians]], [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-ephesians-roberts.html Chapter 18], Roberts-Donaldson)</blockquote>
==Protestants on Baptism== Many protestants through the ages have de-emphasized the role of baptism in the Christian faith. In reality, a number of the people involved in the Protestant Reformation came out of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] with a reverence for the [[Holy Mysteries | holy mysteries]] and [[Holy Tradition | apostolic tradition]]. 
[[Martin Luther]] placed a great importance on baptism. Luther states in ''The Large Catechism'' of 1529 AD,
:<blockquote>"To put it most simply, the power, effect, benefit, fruit, and purpose of Baptism is to save. No one is baptized in order to become a prince, but as the words say, to 'be saved.' To be saved, we know, is nothing else than to be delivered from sin, death, and the devil and to enter into the kingdom of Christ and live with him forever."</blockquote>
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