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
“baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, is found in numerous pre-Christian religions/cults, dating back to ancient times. Baptism or lustration… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about baptism will always be its involvement with the death of Christ ... The prevenient aspect of the grace… — G C Berkouwer 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
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
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
In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“True baptism allows us to reframe, and contain, the reality of evil, without needing to blame anyone else, without any need for… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are… — Bible Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
Such is the grace and power of baptism; not an overwhelming of the world as of old, but a purification of the… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see… — Pope Benedict XVI 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
“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
This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
“It is not necessary that faith and repentance should always precede baptism. They are only required from those whose age makes them… — John Calvin 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
“If the testimony by which the Jews were assured of the salvation of their posterity is taken away from us, the coming… — John Calvin 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
Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ"… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Baptism into the church is one of the foundations of Amish faith. It was their desire to fulfill the believer’s baptism as… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“In infant baptism it was confessed that conversion and regeneration differ, and conversion is ordinarily a coming to consciousness of that new… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into… — Saint Augustine 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
As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
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 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
Based or our baptism, all are called to a mystical life, to communion with God. We need to claim that, to taste… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Baptism is, in fact, much more than a ritual conferring membership in a community, as many people conceive it nowadays. It is… — Peter Seewald 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
Before we go to our knees to receive the Baptism of Fire, let me beg of you to see to it that… — William Booth 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
As a man must be born before he can begin to lead his physical life, so he must be born to lead… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
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