BY: De Dote

BAPTISM de Peralta
Alcoriza
 - came from the Greek word “baptizein” which means to
“plunge” or “immerse”
- also called as “the washing of regeneration and renewal by the
holy spirit”
- This bath is called enlightenment
- we call it gift, because sin is buried in water

I. BAPTISM AS A
SACRAMENT
 2 Corinthians 5:17
- “Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new
creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new
has come
Galatians 6:15
II. - “Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means
BIBLICAL anything; what counts is the new creation”

TEXTS Romans 6:3-4

- “or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized
into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into
death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the father, we too may live a
new life
III. MATTER AND FORM
The matter used is “natural water”
Pronouncing the words is the form of baptism, namely: “I baptize you
in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
 - Any clergy can be able to baptize, but in most cases the parish
priest or the deacon administers the sacrament, anointing the
person being baptized with oils, and pouring blessed water over
the child or adult’s head not just once but three times

IV. MINISTER
V. EFFECTS

- Baptism forgives sins, conform us to

Christ and allows us to enter into the
supernatural life of grace in the Holy
communion with the Holy Trinity
- We become the members of the Body
of Christ, the Church
- Baptism makes us the sharers of the
threefold mission of Christ: Priestly,
Prophetic, and Kingly
- Baptism is the seal to the eternal life
 The Cross – universal symbol of
Christianity
White Clothing – white garment
symbolizes that the person being
VI. SIGNS AND baptized now has a clean slate in the
eyes of God
SYMBOLS The oil – symbolizes the holy spirit and
the person coming together
Baptism water – symbol of divine life as
well as sign of purity and cleansing
from sin
 VII. FACTS - Baptism identifies us with Christ and the
church
AND TRIVIA - Baptism is a symbol of new life