CHAPTER VI. PAGAN WATER-WORSHIP TRANSFERRED TO CHRISTIANITY 128

Testimony from Tertullian, Barnabas, Justin, Methodius, the Apostolic Constitutions, etc.--Holy Water, or Repeated Baptism, Borrowed without Change--Magical Effects of Holy Water, the Same in Christian as in Pagan Cult--Baptism of Animals by Holy Water, to Produce Magical Results--Holy Water Prepared after the Pagan Method--Consecration of Baptismal Waters Borrowed from Pagan Combination of Sun- and Water-Worship--The Church Filled with Baptized but Unconverted Pagans, and so Passed under Pagan Control.