Baptism Quotes
A child being dipped in water shows how baptism is described as a symbolic story of joining Christ and living in him. The quotes say the rite can be given to babies, following a tradition passed down from the apostles. They also note that faith can’t be forced—people may be drawn to it, but the choice stays theirs.
![“[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.” quote by Ignatius of Antioch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/ignatius-of-antioch-9526_baptism_jesus-was-born-and-baptized-that-by-his_2322472.png)
![“Q. [69] If, as St John says, he who is born of God does not sin, because his seed dwells in God, and he cannot sin (1 Jn 3:9), and yet he who is born of water and Spirit is himself born of God (cf Jn 3:5–6), then how are we who are born of God through baptism still able to sin? R. The manner of…” quote by John Behr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/john-behr-64123_baptism_q-69-if-as-st-john-says-he-who-is-born-o_2845101.jpg)
![“What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down by apostolic authority. Since others respond for children, so that the celebration of the sacrament may be complete for them, it is certainly…” quote by Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/saint-augustine-328_able_what-the-universal-church-holds-not-as-i_2758669.png)
![“[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but as an indication to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean by means of the sacred water and the invocation of…” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_babe_naaman-dipped-himself-it-says-seven-time_627335.jpg)
