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100	1		_aDayton, A. C. _q(Amos Cooper), _d1813-1865
245	1	0	_aTheodosia Ernest
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-27
505	0		_aVolume I: The heroine of faith -- Volume II: Ten days' travel in search of the church.
508			_aDustin Speckhals
520			_a"Theodosia Ernest" by A. C. Dayton is a religious novel written in the mid-19th century. It centers on a conscientious young Presbyterian woman whose encounter with a river baptism prompts a rigorous, scripture-driven inquiry into the nature and meaning of baptism, pitting personal conviction against tradition. Through dialogues with her brother, her suitor, her pastor, and a thoughtful schoolmaster, the story probes immersion versus sprinkling and the claims of church authority versus individual obedience to Christ. The opening of the novel follows Theodosia and her brother Edwin as they witness a Baptist immersion, sparking Edwin’s blunt question to their mother about whether they were ever truly baptized and stirring Theodosia’s private, prayerful resolve to obey whatever Scripture requires. In conversations that evening, her suitor Mr. Percy treats baptism as a nonessential “form,” while Theodosia insists that love for Christ means keeping his commands; they agree to study the issue. Their first night’s study turns on the word baptize, with Greek lexicons indicating baptizo means to dip or immerse, and Theodosia arguing that Christ’s own baptism fixes the ordinance’s meaning. The second night brings Pastor Johnson, who vaguely appeals to sprinkling, followed by a close reading of Barnes’s Notes and Old Testament usage (tabal = dip), reinforced by Mr. Courtney, and by citations from respected Pedobaptist authorities (McKnight, Chalmers, Calvin, Wesley, Luther) acknowledging immersion’s meaning and early practice; this unsettles Theodosia’s mother, while Theodosia resolves to follow Scripture alone. The excerpt closes as Pastor Johnson prepares to counter the growing doubts and returns to press his case. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cMemphis: South-Western Publishing House, 1866
653			_aAmerican fiction -- 19th century
653			_aChristian fiction, American
653			_aBaptism -- Fiction
653			_aMethodist Church -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/theodosiaernest01daytiala
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77796
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