The Baptism of Christ

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about 1927 One of a pair of large windows. Christ with John the Baptist in the river Jordan, with a crowd on the riverbank. Vine decoration above and below. technique: stained glass size: 194 cm (width) Tabernacl Welsh Baptist Church, Cardiff rear wall over the entrance Text: 'Un Arglwydd, Un Ffydd, Un Bedydd' [One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, Ephesians 4:5]. Given in memory of the sixth minister, Y Parch Charles Davies (died 1927). The scene of the Baptism is based on a painting by Goodwin Lewis, as is another window of the Baptism at Tredegarville Baptist Church, Cardiff.  (ObjectID=1048 ImageID=2564) Original File Name=_MG_6015.jpg

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• baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends  [Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 214.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 194.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales