Baptism Quotes · Page 8

[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help…

— Martin Luther

In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism…

— Anonymous

Also when it is a case of only upholding some spiritual tenet, such as infant baptism, original sin, and unnecessary separation, then…

— Martin Luther

Baptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the…

— Saint Augustine

When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,…

— Tertullian

I was raised Catholic. Not just a little bit Catholic, like my wife, Catherine. When she was young, many Catholics in France…

— Frans de Waal

With soap, baptism is a good thing.

— Anonymous

Baptism is the critical priesthood ordinance which opens the door to eternal life for each one of us. It is the benchmark…

— Elaine L. Jack

[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word…

— Louis Berkhof

Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah…

— Justin Martyr

“How do you know yourself to be a son of God in fact as well as in name?” Answer: “Because I am…

— John Calvin

When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to…

— Brigham Young

[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.

— Ignatius of Antioch

Baptism pertains to the Church alone.

— Cyprian

“Prominent Christians in Constantine's time waited to be baptized until their deathbeds lest they commit a "major"sin that couldn't be forgiven of…

— Thomas F. Madden

Every audition, I walk out the door and throw the sides away immediately. You did it, now go home. And to me,…

— Michael Mosley

That is the best baptism that leaves the man cleanest inside.

— Henry Ward Beecher

It seems to me,' said Magid finally, as the moon became clearer than the sun, 'that you have tried to love a…

— Zadie Smith

“The Abundant Chamber by Stewart Stafford Divest yourself of sword and coin, And burn all your illusions and airs, Let the cave…

— Stewart Stafford

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.

— Watchman Nee

No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

— Saint Augustine

Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of…

— Max Lucado

Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism…

— Thomas Aquinas

By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified

— Pope Leo I

Based or our baptism, all are called to a mystical life, to communion with God. We need to claim that, to taste…

— Henri Nouwen