. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. sunbaptized heretics. For their authority for the three dip-pings they refer to the commission given by Christ to hisdisciples. They also claim to have kept this form of bap-tism from the beginning as it was delivered to them by theapostolic church, and say they propose to cling to it untothe end. In practice, the candidate is taken down into thewater and dipped three times face forward. Twice each year, on Thursday before Easter Sundayand on Christmas evening, which accordin
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. sunbaptized heretics. For their authority for the three dip-pings they refer to the commission given by Christ to hisdisciples. They also claim to have kept this form of bap-tism from the beginning as it was delivered to them by theapostolic church, and say they propose to cling to it untothe end. In practice, the candidate is taken down into thewater and dipped three times face forward. Twice each year, on Thursday before Easter Sundayand on Christmas evening, which according to their calen-dar (the old style) occurs Jan. 6, they engage in the relig-ious rite of feet-washing. In this they claim to follow theexample and command of Christ as given in John 13They regard it as a doctrine of their church. In the ob-servance of this rite the bishops, ministers and deacons do WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 335 the washing, and every member of the Coptic church mayhave his feet washed. During the observance of the ritethey salute each other with the right hand of fellowshipand the kiss of A Coptic Woman. The Communion is administered much in the same wayas in the Roman church. Mass is said, and there is much WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. formality connected with this part of the religious keep the agape or feast of love as a social meal. Itis observed in the monasteries where the food is brought bythose who come together. These are some of the more important doctrines heldby the Coptic church. Living in Egypt where, until with-in a few years, they have been entirely deprived of educa-tional advantages, they are, as might be expected, denselyignorant. They have kept some of the doctrines of theGospel intact, but there are. to be found in their practicemany innovations that are not Scriptural. At one timethey practiced circumcision, but in later years this has been entirely given up. They also baptize infants. Living, as they do, in con-tact w
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