Baptism Quotes
210 quotes by 139 authors
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given…
— Saint Basil
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Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible…
— Tony Campolo
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After many painful trials, which none can know, but those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they had been educated, I settled…
— Adoniram Judson
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Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying your past sins-eradicating…
— T.D. Jakes
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Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers.
— Max Lucado
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The rediscovery of the value of one's baptism is the basis of the missionary commitment of every Christian, because we see in the Gospel that…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in…
— Saint Augustine
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No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.
— Saint Augustine
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Their example gives witness to the fact that baptism commits Christians to participate boldly in the spread of the Kingdom of God, cooperating if necessary…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than a right of…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess…
— Tertullian
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The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water and…
— Martin Luther
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[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and…
— Martin Luther
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I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning…
— Martin Luther
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For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your…
— Martin Luther
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Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even]…
— Ambrose
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Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given…
— Origen
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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…
— Origen
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You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins, but we have…
— Saint John Chrysostom
Who Wrote These Baptism Quotes
139 authors contributed a total of 210 Baptism Quotes, led by these top contributors: