Genesis 3:16/Baptism

[Trevor_Stamm]

Hello,

My direction at this issue is to be educated on what Church doctrine teaches when dealing with this issue, not to put Baptism into question.

Rheims.

Gen 3:16
To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

Baptism wipes out all sin, including original sin. So when a baby girl is baptized or woman is baptized into the Church, why do they still suffer pain in child birth?

I guess the real question is why do those that are truly Baptized still suffer the punishment of original sin? This includes man and woman.

Thanks.

 

[Trevor_Stamm]

bump

 

[Crumpy]

This website has a built-in Catholic encyclopedia, which can be accessed with the tab at the top of this page.

For your convenience, I looked up the entry on baptism, and here is the link to it

oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Baptism

Here is a link to an online version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

If you search on “baptism” you will get a lot of hits. You might try a search on “sacrament of baptism”.

scborromeo.org/ccc.htm

 

[grannymh]

Hello,

My direction at this issue is to be educated on what Church doctrine teaches when dealing with this issue, not to put Baptism into question.

Rheims.

Gen 3:16
To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

Baptism wipes out all sin, including original sin. So when a baby girl is baptized or woman is baptized into the Church, why do they still suffer pain in child birth?

I guess the real question is why do those that are truly Baptized still suffer the punishment of original sin? This includes man and woman.

Thanks.

Original Sin was not a punishment per se. It was the free choice of Adam to scorn his Creator. This sin’s tragic consequences included the lost of the grace of original holiness which affected the human nature of Adam and Eve. The fallen state of their human nature is transmitted by propagation to all mankind. Thereafter, original sin was a contracted state, that is, human nature was born deprived of original holiness and justice. As for pain, suffering, and death, they too entered human history as a consequence. Please note the difference between a consequence and a punishment.

Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ’s grace, erases Original Sin and turns a person back toward God, but the consequences for human nature – weakened in its powers, subject to suffering, and inclined to evil – persist. Thus, all of us are summoned to spiritual battle. Catholicism gives us the Seven Sacraments so that we will have victory with Jesus Christ.
Please read “Original Sin,” Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, Paragraphs 396 -421

It is important to remember that God did not abandon us. Our human nature was wounded, but not destroyed. Thus, Jesus Christ became our Redeemer. His Real Presence in the Eucharist gives us comfort and strength in the midst of suffering.

Blessings,
granny

The good news of Jesus Christ follows in Paragraphs 422 of the Catechism.

 

[Trevor_Stamm]

Thank you, granny.

That answers al ot.