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The Rev. Charles Fillmore, baptizer of Desperado Dillinger, preached: "I glory that this whole family has had faith in God ... a God of mercy ... so necessary in these days of vindictiveness and hatred."

From Time Magazine Archive

It prescribes a fast before baptism for the baptizer as well as the candidate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Nor is there parity between the baptizer and the baptized; since Christ, the baptizer in chief, is one: while many are made one in Christ by Baptism.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Nor was it enough that the person baptized should himself enter the water; the baptizer must pour it over his head, so that it run down his person.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Baptism consists of three parts—the water, the formula, and the intention of the baptizer.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman