Baptism Quotes

210 quotes by 136 authors

Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in… — Alcuin
The duende....Where is the duende? Through the empty archway a wind of the spirit enters, blowing insistently over the heads of the dead, in search… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the… — St. Jerome
If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there. — Saint Basil
Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life… — Thomas Aquinas
I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give salvation to a… — Thomas Aquinas
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to… — Thomas Aquinas
Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ...… — Thomas Aquinas
If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church… — Thomas Aquinas
This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family;… — Brigham Young
When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in… — Brigham Young
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace… — Saint Basil
To the lover of the Lord Jesus Christ there can be nothing legal about baptism. It is simply the glad expression of a grateful heart… — Henry Allen Ironside
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Suffering can be likened to a baptism -… — George Eliot
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert… — Baltasar Gracian
Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast. — Ken Kesey
A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. — H. L. Mencken
The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. — Joseph Smith, Jr.

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