Foursquare stands for the fourfold ministry of Jesus Christ as Savior, Baptizer, Healer, and King. |
But here Leithart uses the active voice and sees Constantine as the baptizer, which I find theologically and liturgically astonishing. |
In addition to the baptizer, two priesthood holders witness the baptism to ensure that it is performed properly. |
Are you another John the Baptizer announcing the wrath to come or a future Gamaliel offering wise rabbinic counsel? |
The historic John the Baptizer allegorizes the Interior John the Baptizer within each one of us. |
But John's role as baptizer is subordinate to his main task, which is to bear witness to Jesus. |