Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“It is because baptism is a real insertion of human beings into the ascended manhood of Christ that the Church is Christ's… — E.L. Mascall Copy Share Image
Water is the most purifying element. It's always involved in baptisms, healings, that kind of work. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
“It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagans and catechumens, in order… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
The saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
We are in China in obedience to the command of our Lord; and the purpose of our Mission is to disciple and… — Griffith John Copy Share Image
Each of us knew that the journey to exaltation would be long, strenuous, and sometimes lonely, but we also knew that we… — Keith K. Hilbig Copy Share Image
Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Entering the waters of baptism is something we do. The be that must precede it is faith in Jesus Christ and a… — Lynn G. Robbins Copy Share Image
Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man,… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
If, in the case of the worst sinners and those who formerly sinned much against God, when afterwards they believe, the remission… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
The gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the right to receive the Holy Ghost as a constant companion, is obtained only… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Our real calling to be a compassionate Christian came when we stepped out of the waters of baptism… We don’t need a… — Chieko N. Okazaki Copy Share Image
Baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
A new baptism I'll give you, and My very finger I will place in My people's keeping. When you point your finger,… — Chuck Pierce Copy Share Image
What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
What you learn from that first, and I don't call it 'trial by fire,' I call it 'baptism by fire,' is that… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
After I was in an ambush, my uncles were happy - it was almost like a baptism. — Hyder Akbar Copy Share Image
Know ye what it is to be a child? It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
