“Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
By the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years had been washed away, and a light from… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter on the rock when he tells him: "Because you confessed your love for me,… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“It is not a gathering of 'escapees' from the world, bitterly enjoying their escape, feeding their hate for the world. Listen to… — Alexander Schmemann 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
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
I taught what was clear in Acts 11:26: SAVED = CHRISTIAN = DISCIPLE, simply meaning that you cannot be saved and you… — Kip McKean Copy Share Image
“Whatever the reason, the fact is that there was no widespread catechetical teaching for Christian children. Things were going to change. The… — Hughes Oliphant Old Copy Share Image
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
After many painful trials, which none can know, but those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they had been… — Adoniram Judson Copy Share Image
As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther… — Martin Chemnitz 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
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets… — Origen 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
The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can… — John Adams Copy Share Image
For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
'We were created for eternal life by our Creator, we are called to it by the word of God, and we are… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“You were baptized?" "My sister told me that yes, Father baptized me shortly after birth. My mother was a Protestant of a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Baptism is one of those more effective rites that come in with the new covenant. The fact that baptism takes the place… — Peter Leithart Copy Share Image
The gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The LDS Church teaches that Christ's atoning sacrifice enables the resurrection of all human beings and provides an opportunity for individuals to… — John Turner Copy Share Image
Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct… — Saint Augustine 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
Each restorational advancement of the Army of the Lord has established denominational forts that are given responsibility to maintain the purity and… — Bill Hamon Copy Share Image
Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You… — Brian D. McLaren 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
Millennials aren't looking for a hipper Christianity. We're looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity. Like every generation before ours… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
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![“The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of the divine sacraments, knew there are in everyone innate strains of [original] sin, which must be washed away through water and the Spirit” quote by Origen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb8/origen-12126_apostles_the-church-received-from-the-apostles-th_199967.jpg)
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