Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of ...

Incorporation into the Church By receiving baptism, a person becomes a member of the Christian community. They become part of the Body of Christ, which is the Church, and gain the right to ...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...

For nearly the whole of church history, it has been a given for most Christian traditions that baptism is once for all, never to be repeated; that it is a holy mystery instituted by Christ and ...

In the same way, Christian baptism of an infant occurs before the infant has a faith of its own and shows that it belongs to the Church of Christ. Both circumcision and infant baptism look forward ...

In the Baptist Church only believers are ... into the water to be baptised. Before baptism the pastor will say, “On profession of your faith in Christ Jesus, and at your own request, I now ...

and kingly offices of Christ. If Baptism is conferred on an adult, there is only one post-baptismal anointing, that of Confirmation. 1292 The practice of the Eastern Churches gives greater ...