Infant Baptism and Faith

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An infant is infused with faith when they’re baptised, right? So can it be said that a baptized infant has faith?

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In addition, their baptism “washes away” the “stain” of Original Sin. Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation. It is what defines a person as a Christian.
 
But besides grace, aren’t they also infused the virtues of faith, hope, and love?

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mikeledes said:
But besides grace, aren’t they also infused the virtues of faith, hope, and love?

God Bless,
Michael
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That is correct. Those virtues exist as natural virtues, an unbaptized person can clearly exihibit love, for example, but does so in a strictly natural way. Baptism endows the recipient with the Supernatural Virtues, so that the Faith they have is Spritual, they may have Hope in Enternal Salvation and they may Love as a mirror of God’s Love.

The natural virtues are extended in a way that is impossible without the Grace of Baptism.
 
We should also remember that the justification for infant baptism is their being carried to the font on the authority of their parents’ faith.
 
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