. "Baptism (from the Greek noun \u03B2\u03AC\u03C0\u03C4\u03B9\u03C3\u03BC\u03B1 baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also a particular church. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized\u2014a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. Baptism has been called a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ."@en . .