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...Baptism has become a form.. saq 109
...Symbolism.. water is knowledge, fire is love. When they were baptized they repented.. their hearts were purified and ready to accept the teachings of the One John was declaring would come. This ceremony has a spiritual meaning but not spiritual effect stw IX:9, p. 103
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