Baptism Quotes

210 quotes by 136 authors

Infant baptism when practiced can be no more than an expression of the faith and hope of the parents that their child will ultimately be… — Lewis Sperry Chafer
As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the same… — Martin Chemnitz
Baptism is bowing before the Father and letting him do his work. — Max Lucado
Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart. — Max Lucado
Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of two hearts, baptism… — Max Lucado
Tragically, some people believe they are going to heaven when they die just because a few drops of water were sprinkled over their heads a… — Max Lucado
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children… — Olympia Dukakis
The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not Churches in the… — Pope Benedict XVI
To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ. — Pope Leo X
The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments. The Lord will… — Richard G. Scott
Baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: there are three… — Thomas Adams
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life,… — Thomas Hobbes
By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified — Pope Leo I
[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water. — Ignatius of Antioch
Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic [i.e., universal] church. It… — Ignatius of Antioch
As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second or third day… — Cyprian
If, in the case of the worst sinners and those who formerly sinned much against God, when afterwards they believe, the remission of their sins… — Cyprian
And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness,… — Pope Clement I
And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water of baptism is… — Pope Leo I
But later, by the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years was washed away, and a light from above -… — Cyprian

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