"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Left: David Hockney standing beside his painting My Parents (1977), in the same year that he created it, with Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ (around ...

A proposal that would require ordained clergy to be monogamous is on the docket at the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s general assembly this summer.

To many Christians the baptism of Jesus seems almost as much of an enigma as it did to the Baptist. It serves as a precedent for our own baptism. It also forms an introduction to Christ’s ministry.

The Baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan which we celebrate today is one of the most important stories in the New Testament. It was also regarded by the early Church as a Feast Day of ...

Aert De Gelder’s ‘Baptism of Christ’, painted in 1710, has caused hysteria among alien hunters as it appears to show a UFO above Christ. In the painting, John the Baptist can be seen baptising Christ ...

The Baptism of the Lord closes the Christmas season. The next day begins the First Week of Ordinary Time, Lent following in five weeks on Feb. 17. The Christmas season is full of theophanies, i.e., ...

The Baptism of the Lord Jesus teaches us something about the theology of geography. There are many places where water for baptism could be found in the land of Israel. Why was Jesus baptized by John ...

The Archbishop of Westminster is wrong about returning Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ to a church - religious art does not only belong to the faithful Religion inspires great art. But hang ...