Pagan imitations of baptism

When the demons heard that this washing had been proclaimed through the prophet, they caused those who enter their temples and are about to approach them, offering libations and the smoke of sacrifices, to sprinkle themselves. They also cause them to wash themselves completely before entering the shrines where their images are set up.

The demons also imitated what happened to the prophet Moses mentioned above when they learned that priests command those who enter and worship in the temples to remove their shoes. For at that time, when Moses was commanded to go down into Egypt and bring out the people of the Israelites who were there, while he was shepherding the sheep of his maternal uncle in the land of Arabia, our Christ spoke with him from a bush in the appearance of fire and said, “Take off your shoes, come near, and listen.”

After Moses took off his shoes and drew near, he heard that he was to go down into Egypt and bring out the people of the Israelites there. He received great power from Christ, who spoke to him in the appearance of fire, and went down and brought out the people, performing great and marvelous deeds. If you wish to learn about them, you can learn them accurately from his writings.