Does Baptism Wash Away All Sin and RCIA

[peace2u2]

The such a person would be a Catholic in a state of mortal sin and dying unrepentant would go to Hell.

Then, please pray for some of my family and friends who have left and say they will never return; God knows who they are and may He have mercy on their souls. Thank you.

Peace2U2

 

[thistle]

Then, please pray for some of my family and friends who have left and say they will never return; God knows who they are and may He have mercy on their souls. Thank you.

Peace2U2

I will pray for them.

 

[Elizium23]

This particular DRE is, and I use the term somewhat loosely, a Master Catechist, who actively instructs Catechists in Southern California in their formation and training and has given presentations and speeches at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress on numerous occasions. She is generally regarded as an expert in the field of Catholic Religious Education.

The problem is deeper than many even imagine.

Here is video of the Closing Liturgy of the LA REC 2011. Now you really know what we’re in for.

 

[Vico]

1st, does baptism wash away ALL sin (original, venial, mortal)? I think so, but just making sure. 2nd And, for all of you who have done RCIA, 1st confession should and is done AFTER or BEFORE baptism? I think it makes more sense after because the person wouldn’t be baptized, received communion, confirmation before. Thanks to all answers and God Bless!!

Sometimes, depending on the age and contrition.

In the western theology there is original sin, actual sin, and the double effect of sin. Original sin is actually the consequence of the sin of Adam and Eve for which we are not culpable but still have the effects of it. This means, for what we are considering here, that we are born without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Baptism restores the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in infants, and in those of the age of reason, that are sorry for their sins (just as the forgiveness of Holy Confession) which includes complete elimination of both the original sin, and of actual sin with double consequences. The double consequence (1) deprives us of communion with God and (2) produces unhealthy attachment to creatures that must be eliminated in all saints. (See Catechism 1472.)

Since we must be sorry for our sins to receive the Holy Spirit at Holy Baptism, those of the age of reason receive Holy Confession first. Before the age of reason, the Church teaches, we can have no actual sins.