We do not advise a woman to baptize or to be baptized by a woman, Ap. con. for that is a transgression of the commandments, and there is great danger to her who baptizeth and also to him who is baptized ; for if it were lawful to be baptized by a woman, our Lord and Teacher would have been baptized by Mary His mother ; but He was baptized by John, as also others of the people. Therefore do not bring danger on yourselves, brothers and sisters, acting beyond the law of the Gospel.