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TheInquisitor
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Ok, run over some basics with me real quick. I know what Baptism does. But how exactly does that work? Is it just God’s grace that regenerates us?
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DavidFilmer
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Baptism (like all Sacraments) is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace (that’s the old Baltemore Catechism’s definition of “Sacrament”).
God gives us these visible signs because they teach us about the inward grace. Baptism uses water as a sign (symbol) of rebirth.
There is no reason why God could not have chosen another sign (maybe milk - as it gives life to newborns). The ritual is not what gives life - it is God who gives us life through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Exactly how that works - nobody knows.
God gives us these visible signs because they teach us about the inward grace. Baptism uses water as a sign (symbol) of rebirth.
There is no reason why God could not have chosen another sign (maybe milk - as it gives life to newborns). The ritual is not what gives life - it is God who gives us life through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Exactly how that works - nobody knows.
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mdcpensive1
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Am still prayin for ya on your journey.
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TheInquisitor
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Verbum
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Hi Inq,
You may want to read up on the grace of baptism in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3N.HTM
Verbum,
You may want to read up on the grace of baptism in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3N.HTM
Verbum,
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