ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v29

REASON FOR BAPTIZING THE DEAD. AMBROSIASTER: It seems that some people were at that time being baptized for the dead because they were afraid that someone who was not baptized would either not rise at all or else rise merely in order to be condemned. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE MARCIONITE PRACTICE. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: The Marcionites baptize the living on behalf of dead unbelievers, not knowing that baptism saves only the person who receives it. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

BAPTISM MEANINGLESS WITHOUT RESURRECTION. CHRYSOSTOM: Sin has brought death into the world, and we are baptized in the hope that our dead bodies will be raised again in the resurrection. If there is no resurrection, our baptism is meaningless and our bodies will remain as dead as they are now. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 40.2.

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