baptizand

English

Alternative forms

• baptisand

Etymology

baptize +‎ -and

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪzænd/

Noun

baptizand (plural baptizands)

1. A person about to submit to baptism.
   • 1950, J. N. D. Kelly, translating the Latin translation of Testamentum Domini by I. E. Rahmani, quoted in Early Christian Creeds^[1], London: Longmans, Green and Co., →ISBN, retrieved 26 January 2022, page 35:

     Let the baptizands stand naked in the water. A deacon should step down in like manner into the water with the baptizand […] and say, “Dost thou believe in God the Father almighty?” and the baptizand should reply, “I believe”.

   • 1970, James D. G. Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A Re-examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in Relation to Pentecostalism Today‎^[2], Naperville, Illinois: Alec R. Allenson, →ISBN, retrieved 26 January 2022, page 118:

     Baptism is such a transaction, where the baptisand formally gives himself into the hands of a new Master.

   • 1994, Jonathan D. Trigg, Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther‎^[3], Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, retrieved 26 January 2022, page 88:

     Is it the believer (baptisand) or a third party (minister of baptism) who neither should nor can be certain of the faith?

   • 2009, Everett Ferguson, Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries‎^[4], Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, retrieved 26 January 2022, page 36:

     With the change to an administered immersion, the baptisms of John and Christians were likely still the ducking of the head of the standing baptizand into the water […] "

2. A person who has been baptized.

References

• Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich (1957) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, pages 131–132.
• Book Review page, Monash University ePress, As retrieved 2009-04-23, "Thus, baptism identifies the baptisand with Christ, inaugurates the new life of Christ living within, and initiates ongoing identification with others."