{"id":3084,"date":"2025-02-11T18:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T01:29:09","slug":"jesus-baptism","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2025\/02\/11\/born-of-water-and-spirit-is-baptism-the-doorway-to-salvation\/jesus-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Baptism"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-3084","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>The Baptism of Christ. Lithograph by M Fanoli, 1849, after G J\u00e4ger. Created 1 June 1849.<\/p>\n<p>The practice of pouring water on the head (affusion) as a method of baptism, and its acceptance as a scriptural or valid form, has a complex history rooted in early Christian practice, theological interpretation, and ecclesiastical tradition. While the New Testament does not explicitly describe the mode of Jesus&#8217; baptism (whether by immersion, pouring, or another method), the acceptance of pouring as a valid and scriptural method developed over time, particularly in the early Church.<\/p>\n<p>Today, many denominations (e.g., Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian) accept pouring as scriptural, citing early Church practice, the Didache, and symbolic parallels.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/png","media_details":{"width":750,"height":577,"file":"2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png","filesize":746720,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png","width":300,"height":231,"filesize":136537,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-150x115.png","width":150,"height":115,"filesize":36375,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-150x115.png"},"wptouch-new-thumbnail":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-144x144.png","width":144,"height":144,"filesize":43968,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-144x144.png"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png","width":300,"height":231,"filesize":136537,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-300x231.png"},"responsiveblogily-grid":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-350x230.png","width":350,"height":230,"filesize":164314,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-350x230.png"},"responsiveblogily-small":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism-300x180.png","width":300,"height":180,"filesize":113326,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism-300x180.png"},"full":{"file":"Jesus-Baptism.png","width":750,"height":577,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":3083,"source_url":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jesus-Baptism.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","id":3083,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}