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 GODS SPIRIT RELATED TO CREATION ACCOUNT, NEW CREATION IN BAPTISM

SHARING IN CHRISTS 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

BAPTISM SENSIBLE 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 BAPTISM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST IS NEVER A PRIVATE AFFAIR RATHER, IT IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT

ORIGINATES

GROWS

DEVELOPS

WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF CHRISTS BODY

OUR BAPTISMAL LIFE IS NEVER SOLITARY BUT A COMMUNAL SHARING WITH OTHERS IN THE CHRIST OUR LORD

AS INCORPORATION INTO THE CHURCH BAPTISM CONFERS A CHARING IN CHRISTS 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

REVEALS BAPTISM 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 BUT CHILDREN 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