EFFECTS OF BAPTISM

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

INCORPORATION INTO THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY

SHARING IN THE DIVINE LIFE

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

BIBLICALLY PRESENTED IN TWO WAYS:

THROUGH THE SYMBOL OF WATER AND GOD’S SPIRITRELATED TO CREATION ACCOUNT,

NEW CREATION IN BAPTISM

SHARING IN CHRIST’S BAPTISM, IN HIS PASCHAL MYSTERY

DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM

ORIGINAL SIN AND BAPTISM

ORIGINAL SIN:SINFUL CONDITION

INTO WHICH ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN AS DESCENDANTS OF ADAM AND EVE

EFFECTS:MORAL WEAKNESS

INCLINATION TO EVIL

BAPTISMSENSIBLE SIGN OF WASHING WITH WATER

SYMBOLIZES

CLEANSING FROM ALL SIN

REBIRTH TO NEW LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

THROUGH WATER AND SPIRIT,BAPTISM TAKES AWAY SIN,

THUS, EFFECTING AND SIGNIFYING COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

INCOPORATION INTO THE CHURCH

BAPTISM UNITES US WITH OTHERS AS

MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

SOCIAL DIMENSION OF BAPTISMOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST IS NEVER A PRIVATE AFFAIR

RATHER, IT IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT

ORIGINATES GROWS DEVELOPS

WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S BODY

OUR BAPTISMAL LIFE IS NEVER SOLITARY BUT A COMMUNAL SHARING

WITH OTHERS IN THE CHRIST OUR LORD

AS INCORPORATION INTO THE CHURCHBAPTISM CONFERS A CHARING IN CHRIST’S MISSION

THREEFOLD OFFICE OF CHRIST:

PROPHETIC:BEARING WITNESS

PRIESTLY:OFFERING SPIRITUAL

SACRIFICES

KINGLY:SERVICE

BAPTISM AS A SACRAMENT OF FAITH

TWO SENSES

INITIAL DEEPENING OF FAITH: DEEPENING OF FAITH

PROMPTS PEOPLE TO ASK FOR BAPTISM

EFFECTS OF BAPTISMAL GRACE

HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN

HOW TO REMAIN A CHRISTIAN

BAPTISM AS A SACRAMENT OF FAITH

REVEALS THE DYNAMIC PROCESS

OF CHRISTIAN FORMATION

REVEALSBAPTISM IS NOT

RECEIVED PASSIVELY:DEMANDS

PROPER DISPOSITION

ACTIVE PERSONAL RESPONSE WHICH CONTINUES

THROUGOUT THE BAPTISMAL LFE

SHARING IN THE DIVINE LIFE

WE ARE NOT SIMPLY CREATURES ANYMORE BUTCHILDREN OF GOD

THROUGH THE SON, JESUS

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO DWELL IN US

BAPTISMAL FORMULA:

Name, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

ORDINARY MINISTERS OF BAPTISM:BISHOP, PRIEST, DEACON

IN CASE OF NECESSITY (IN DANGER OF DEATH)ANY PERSON, EVEN SOMEONE NOT BAPTIZED

BAPTISMAL SEAL: PERMANENT CHARACTER

HENCE, CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED ONCE