In Christianity, baptism (from Greek baptizo: "immersing", "performing ablutions")'s the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one's admitted to membership of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism's administered. The usual form of baptism among the earliest Christians was for the candidate (or "baptizand") to be immersed totally or partially. While John the Baptist's use of a deep river for his baptism suggests immersion,… (More on Baptism)